[Event "Wch U10"]
[Site "Bratislava"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Martinez, J."]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.Bd3 Bd7 7.O-O cxd4 8.cxd4 Nxd4
9.Nxd4 Qxd4 10.Nc3 Qxe5 11.Re1 Qb8 12.Nxd5 Bd6 13.h3 Ne7 14.Nxe7 Bxe7 15.Qg4 O-O
16.Bh6 Bf6 17.Qe4 g6 18.Bxf8 Bc6 19.Qb4 Qxf8 20.Qxf8+ Kxf8 21.Be4 Bxb2 22.Rab1 Bd4
23.Bxc6 bxc6 24.Red1 Rd8 25.Kf1 Ke8 26.Ke2 Rd7 27.Kf3 c5 28.g4 Ke7 29.Rb8 e5
30.Rh8 e4+ 31.Kxe4 Bxh8 32.Rxd7+ Kxd7 33.Kd5 Kc7 34.f4 Kb6 35.Kc4 Kc6 36.h4 f5
37.gxf5 gxf5 38.Kd3 Kd5 39.h5 c4+  0-1

[Event "Wch U10"]
[Site "Bratislava"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Kurobasa, B."]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A40"]

1.d4 b6 2.c4 Bb7 3.Nc3 g6 4.e4 Bg7 5.Be3 d6 6.Qd2 Nd7 7.f3 e6 8.O-O-O h5
9.Nh3 Nh6 10.Nf2 Qe7 11.Nb5 Nf8 12.Kb1 a6 13.Na3 O-O-O 14.Rc1 f5 15.d5 e5
16.Qb4 Nd7 17.Qa4 Qh4 18.g3 Qf6 19.Be2 f4 20.Bd2 Nc5 21.Qc2 g5 22.b4 Nd7
23.Nd3 Qe7 24.c5 dxc5 25.bxc5 Nxc5 26.Nxc5 Qxc5 27.Qxc5 bxc5 28.Rxc5 Bf8
29.Ra5 Rd6 30.Nc4 Rf6 31.Bc3 Nf7 32.Nxe5 Nxe5 33.Bxe5 Rb6+ 34.Kc2 Rh7 35.Rb1 fxg3
36.hxg3 Rhh6 37.Bd4 Rxb1 38.Kxb1 h4 39.gxh4 gxh4 40.f4 h3 41.Bg4+ Kb8 42.Bxh3 Rxh3
43.Ra4 Rh1+ 44.Kb2 c6 45.dxc6 Bxc6 46.Rxa6 Bxe4 47.Rb6+ Kc8 48.Be5 Rb1+  0-1

[Event "Wch U10"]
[Site "Bratislava"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Perunovic, Milos"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "C17"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.Bd2 Ne7 6.Nb5 Bxd2+ 7.Qxd2 O-O 8.Nf3 Bd7
9.c3 Bxb5 10.Bxb5 Qb6 11.Bd3 cxd4 12.cxd4 Nbc6 13.O-O Nb4 14.Bb1 h6 15.a3 Nbc6
16.Qd3 g6 17.Qd2 Kh7 18.h4 Nf5 19.Rd1 Na5 20.Ra2 Nb3 21.Qd3 Rac8 22.g4 Nfxd4
23.Nxd4 Nxd4 24.Qxd4 Qxd4 25.Bxg6+ fxg6 26.Rxd4 Rc2 27.f4 Rc4 28.Rxc4 dxc4
29.b3 Rxf4 30.bxc4 Rxg4+ 31.Kf2 Rxh4 32.Ra1 Rxc4 33.Rd1 Rc7 34.Rd6 Re7 35.Ke3 g5
36.Kf3 Kg6 37.Ke4 h5 38.a4 h4 39.Rd8 Kh5 40.Rh8+ Kg4 41.Ke3 Kg3 42.Ke2 h3
43.Kf1 g4 44.Rh6 h2 45.Rh5 Rf7+ 46.Ke2 Kg2  0-1

[Event "Wch U10"]
[Site "Bratislava"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Paragua, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 c6 6.Be3 a6 7.Qd2 O-O 8.a4 e5 9.d5 cxd5
10.cxd5 b6 11.Bd3 Bb7 12.Nge2 Nbd7 13.b4 Rc8 14.O-O Nh5 15.a5 Ra8 16.axb6 Nxb6
17.Na4 Nd7 18.Rac1 Rc8 19.Rxc8 Qxc8 20.Rc1 Qb8 21.b5 axb5 22.Bxb5 Nhf6 23.Nac3 Rc8
24.Na4 Rc7 25.Rxc7 Qxc7 26.Qc3 Qxc3 27.Nexc3 Kf8 28.Nb6 Ke7 29.Nca4 Kd8 30.Kf2 Kc7
31.Ke2 Bf8 32.Kd3 Be7 33.Kc4 Bd8 34.Kd3 Be7 35.Nc4 Bd8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U10"]
[Site "Bratislava"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sebenik, Matej"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.f3 axb5 6.e4 d6 7.Bxb5+ Bd7 8.Bxd7+ Nbxd7
9.Ne2 g6 10.Na3 Bg7 11.Nc4 O-O 12.O-O Nb6 13.Nxb6 Qxb6 14.Nc3 Nd7 15.Qc2 c4+
16.Kh1 Ne5 17.Rb1 Nd3 18.b3 Nb4 19.Qd2 Qa6 20.bxc4 Qxc4 21.Bb2 Nxa2 22.Nxa2 Rxa2
23.Qc1 Qe2 24.Re1 Qf2 25.Rf1 Qe2 26.Re1 Qf2 27.Rf1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U10"]
[Site "Bratislava"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Vamos, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Bg5 Ne4 7.Bd2 e6 8.e3 Nd6
9.Ne5 Be7 10.Nxc4 O-O 11.Nxd6 Bxd6 12.Be2 Nd7 13.e4 Bg6 14.O-O Bb4 15.f3 a6
16.Be3 Re8 17.Bf2 Qa5 18.Qb3 Bxc3 19.bxc3 Qc7 20.a5 c5 21.Rfb1 cxd4 22.cxd4 Nf8
23.Qxb7 Qc2 24.Qb2 Rec8 25.Qxc2 Rxc2 26.Bf1 Nd7 27.Rb7 Nb8 28.Rb6 h6 29.h3 Rc8
30.d5 exd5 31.exd5 Rd8 32.d6 Nd7 33.Rxa6 Rxa6 34.Bxa6 Nb8 35.Bc4 Rxd6 36.Bg3 Rd8
37.Bxb8 Rxb8 38.a6  1-0

[Event "Wch U10"]
[Site "Bratislava"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Grigoriants, Sergey"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "C05"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ndf3 Qb6 8.Ne2 f6
9.exf6 Nxf6 10.O-O cxd4 11.Nexd4 Bc5 12.Nb3 Bd6 13.Be3 Qc7 14.Bc5 Bxc5 15.Nxc5 Qd6
16.Nb3 e5 17.Nfd2 O-O 18.Nc4 Qe7 19.Ne3 g6 20.Nxd5 Nxd5 21.Bc4 Be6 22.Bxd5 Rad8
23.Bxe6+ Qxe6 24.Qe2 b6 25.Rad1 Rxd1 26.Rxd1 Rd8 27.Rxd8+ Nxd8 28.f3 Qd6
29.Qd2 Nb7 30.Qxd6 Nxd6 31.Nd2 Kf7 32.Kf2 Ke6 33.Ke3 h6 34.Kd3 Nf5 35.Nc4 Nh4
36.Ne3 g5 37.Ke4 Ng6 38.g3 h5 39.Nf5 h4 40.Ne3 hxg3 41.hxg3 Nf8 42.c4 Nd7
43.Nd5 Nc5+ 44.Ke3 Nb7 45.Nc7+ Kd7 46.Nb5 a6 47.Nc3 Nd6 48.Kd3 Ke6 49.Ne4 Nf7
50.b4 Kd7 51.Nf6+ Kd6 52.Ke4 Ke6 53.Nd5 Nd6+ 54.Kd3 b5 55.Ne3 bxc4+ 56.Nxc4 Nf5
57.g4 Nd4 58.Ke4 Ne2 59.Ke3 Nc3 60.a3 Nd5+ 61.Ke4 Nc3+ 62.Kd3 Nd5 63.Ne3 Nf4+
64.Kc4 Kd6 65.a4 Ne6 66.b5 axb5+ 67.axb5 Kc7 68.Nf5 Nf4 69.Kc5 Nd3+ 70.Kd5 Ne1
71.Ke4 Kb6 72.Nd6 Kc5 73.Nf7 Kxb5 74.Nxg5 Kc6 75.Kxe5 Kd7 76.f4 Ke7 77.f5 Nd3+
78.Ke4 Nc5+ 79.Kd5 Nd3 80.Ne6 Kf6 81.Nc5 Nf4+ 82.Kd6 Ne2 83.Ne4+ Kf7 84.g5 Nd4
85.Ke5 Nf3+ 86.Kf4 Nh4 87.Kg4 Ng2 88.g6+ Kg7 89.Kg5 Ne3 90.f6+ Kg8 91.f7+ Kg7
92.Ng3 Kf8 93.Nf5 Nd5 94.Kh6 Nf6 95.Nd4 Nd7 96.Kg5 Nc5 97.Kf6 Ne4+ 98.Ke5 Nf6
99.Ne6+  1-0

[Event "Wch U10"]
[Site "Bratislava"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D55"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 O-O 6.e3 b6 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Nxd5 exd5
9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.a3 Be6 11.Bd3 c5 12.dxc5 bxc5 13.O-O Nd7 14.Qc2 g6 15.Rac1 Rab8
16.Rfd1 Rb6 17.Nd2 c4 18.Be2 Rfb8 19.Rb1 Nc5 20.e4 Nxe4 21.Nxe4 Bf5 22.Qc3 Bxe4
23.Qe3 Rb3 24.Qd2 Bxb1 25.Rxb1 Qe4 26.Re1 Rxb2 27.Qd1 Rxe2 28.Rxe2 Rb1  0-1

[Event "Wch U10"]
[Site "Bratislava"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Rybansky, Daniel"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.f3 axb5 6.e4 d6 7.Bxb5+ Bd7 8.Bxd7+ Nbxd7
9.Ne2 g6 10.O-O Bg7 11.Nbc3 O-O 12.a4 Qb6 13.Kh1 Rfb8 14.Nb5 Ne8 15.Qc2 Nc7
16.Nxc7 Qxc7 17.Be3 Rxb2 18.Qd3 Ne5 19.Qd1 Nc4 20.Bf4 Rb4 21.Ra2 Nb2 22.Qc2 Nxa4
23.Bc1 Nb6 24.Rxa8+ Nxa8 25.Ba3 Rb8 26.Rc1 Qa5 27.Qd3 Qa4  0-1

[Event "Wch U10"]
[Site "Bratislava"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Szabo, Gergely"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D06"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 Bf5 3.Nc3 e6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.e3 Nbd7 8.Be2 O-O
9.O-O c6 10.Bd3 Bg6 11.Bxg6 hxg6 12.Rb1 Re8 13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.Qd3 f5 15.b4 Kg7
16.b5 Rh8 17.bxc6 bxc6 18.Rbc1 Rh6 19.Ne2 Rc8 20.Rc2 Qh8 21.Rfc1 Nb8 22.Nf4 Rd8
23.g3 Qh7 24.Rb1 g5 25.Rb7 Bd6 26.Nxg5 Qg8 27.Qxf5 Bxf4 28.Rxf7+ Kh8 29.Qxf4 Nd7
30.Rxc6 Rh5 31.Rc7  1-0

[Event "Wch U10"]
[Site "Bratislava"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ho, Andrew"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D00"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.Nd2 d5 5.e3 O-O 6.Be2 c5 7.f3 cxd4 8.exd4 Qb6
9.Qc1 Nc6 10.f4 Bf5 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.Ngf3 Rac8 13.Nb3 Nb4 14.O-O a5 15.Qd2 Na6
16.Nc1 Nc7 17.Nd3 Nb5 18.Nc5 Nd6 19.Ne5 Qc7 20.Bd3 Bxd3 21.Qxd3 Bxe5 22.fxe5 Nc4
23.b3 Nxe5 24.Qh3 b6 25.Na4 Nd7 26.Rac1 Qd6 27.Rf3 b5 28.Qh6 bxa4 29.Rh3 Nf6
30.Rf1 Rfd8 31.g4 axb3 32.Rhf3 Nxg4 33.Qh4 Qxh2+ 34.Qxh2 Nxh2 35.Kxh2 b2
36.Rb1 Rb8 37.Rf2 Rdc8 38.Rc2 a4 39.Rcxb2 Rxb2+ 40.Rxb2 Rxc3 41.Rd2 Kg7 42.Kg2 h5
43.Kh2 g5 44.Kg2 Kg6  0-1

[Event "EU-ch U12"]
[Site "Herculane"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Jorgensen, S."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A43"]

1.d4 c5 2.d5 e6 3.c4 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.e4 Ne7 6.Bg5 h6 7.Be3 d6 8.Qd2 Qa5 9.Nge2 e5
10.g3 g5 11.f4 f6 12.Bg2 Nd7 13.Bf3 Qc7 14.Bh5+ Kd8 15.h4 gxf4 16.gxf4 f5
17.O-O-O fxe4 18.Bg4 h5 19.Bh3  1-0

[Event "EU-ch U12"]
[Site "Herculane"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kovchan, Alexander"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "C01"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Bd3 Bd6 5.Qf3 Ne7 6.Ne2 c6 7.Bf4 Bxf4 8.Nxf4 Qb6
9.O-O O-O 10.Nd2 Qxd4 11.c3 Qf6 12.Rae1 Nd7 13.Qg3 Nf5 14.Bxf5 Qxf5 15.Nf3 Nc5
16.Nd4 Qg4 17.Qe3 Qd7 18.f3 b6 19.b4 Na4 20.Nh5 Ba6 21.b5 Bxb5 22.Nxb5 cxb5
23.Nxg7 Rac8 24.Nh5 Qf5 25.g4 Qg6 26.Qe5 Rc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch U12"]
[Site "Herculane"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Geanta, Horia"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D32"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 cxd4 5.Qxd4 Nc6 6.Qd1 exd5 7.Qxd5 Bd7 8.e3 Nf6
9.Qb3 Bc5 10.Nf3 Qe7 11.Be2 O-O-O 12.O-O g5 13.Rd1 Kb8 14.Nxg5 Rhg8 15.Nf3 Be6
16.Qa4 Rxd1+ 17.Nxd1 Bh3 18.g3 h5 19.b3 Ne4 20.Qc4 b6 21.Nc3 Nxc3 22.Qxc3 h4
23.Bb2 hxg3 24.hxg3 Qe4 25.Qd3 Qe7 26.Nd4 Nb4 27.Qd2 Qh4  0-1

[Event "EU-ch U12"]
[Site "Herculane"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Jalinskas, V."]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6 4.h3 Qa5 5.Bd3 Nbd7 6.Nf3 e5 7.O-O Be7 8.Bd2 Qb6
9.Na4 Qc7 10.b3 O-O 11.Nb2 exd4 12.Nxd4 Nc5 13.Re1 Re8 14.Qf3 Nxd3 15.cxd3 Nd7
16.Bc3 Bf6 17.Nc4 b5 18.Ba5 Nb6 19.Nxb6 axb6 20.e5 dxe5 21.Nxb5 cxb5 22.Qxa8  0-1

[Event "EU-ch U12"]
[Site "Herculane"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E99"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.Ne1 Nd7 10.f3 f5 11.g4 a5 12.Rb1 Kh8 13.a3 Ng8 14.Ng2 fxg4 15.fxg4 Bh6
16.Bxh6 Nxh6 17.Qd2 Kg7 18.Rxf8 Nxf8 19.g5 Nf7 20.h4 Bd7 21.b3 Qe7 22.Rf1 Bh3
23.Qe3 Bxg2 24.Kxg2 Nd7 25.Bd1 b6 26.Nb5 Nc5 27.Rf3 Rf8 28.Bc2 Nd8 29.Rxf8 Kxf8
30.Qh3 Qf7 31.Qc8 Nb7 32.Nxc7 Kg7 33.Ne6+ Nxe6 34.dxe6 Qe7 35.Qd7 Qxd7 36.exd7 Kf7
37.b4 Ke7 38.Ba4 Nd8 39.Kf2 Ne6 40.Bc6 Nf8 41.Ke3 Nxd7 42.Bxd7 Kxd7 43.Kd3 axb4
44.axb4 Kc6 45.Kc3 Kc7 46.Kb3 Kd7 47.Ka4 Kc6 48.Ka3 Kc7 49.Ka4 Kc6 50.Ka3 Kc7
51.Ka4  1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch U12"]
[Site "Herculane"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hrusciov, Alexei"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6 4.f4 Qa5 5.Bd3 e5 6.Nf3 exd4 7.Nxd4 Qb6 8.Bc4 Be7
9.Bb3 O-O 10.h3 Re8 11.Be3 Bf8 12.Qd3 Qa6 13.Bc4 Qa5 14.a3 Nxe4 15.b4 Qh5
16.Nxe4 d5 17.Bxd5 Qxd5 18.Ng5 g6 19.O-O-O a5 20.b5 Qa2 21.Kd2 Bxa3  0-1

[Event "EU-ch U12"]
[Site "Herculane"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Raceanu, Valentin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A00"]

1.b4 d5 2.Bb2 Bf5 3.e3 e6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.b5 Nbd7 6.Be2 Bd6 7.O-O O-O 8.c4 c5
9.d3 Qe7 10.Nbd2 h6 11.Qb3 Rad8 12.Rac1 b6 13.a4 Bb8 14.a5 Rc8 15.axb6 axb6
16.Ra1 Rfd8 17.Ra6 Qd6 18.Qa2 Qc7 19.Qa1 Bg6  1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch U12"]
[Site "Herculane"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sebenik, Matej"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A39"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 c5 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O Nc6 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Nxd4
9.Qxd4 d6 10.Qd1 Rb8 11.Qa4 a6 12.Rd1 Bd7 13.Qb3 Be6 14.a4 Nd7 15.Be3 Qc8
16.Nd5 Bxd5 17.Bxd5 Nc5 18.Qb6 Nd7 19.Qb4 Nc5 20.Bd4 Bxd4 21.Rxd4 b6 22.Qc3 a5
23.Qe3 e6 24.Bf3 Qc7 25.Rad1 Rbd8 26.b3 f6 27.h4 Rf7 28.h5 g5 29.Kh1 h6 30.Bg2 Rg7
31.f4 Qe7 32.Rf1 Qf7 33.g4 Qe7 34.fxg5 fxg5 35.Be4 Rf7 36.Rf3 Rxf3 37.Qxf3  0-1

[Event "EU-ch U12"]
[Site "Herculane"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Gaprindashvili, Valerian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D35"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 O-O 7.Bd3 h6 8.Bh4 Nbd7
9.Nf3 b6 10.O-O  1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch U12"]
[Site "Verdun"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Templier, Nicolas"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D26"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.e3 cxd4 5.exd4 dxc4 6.Bxc4 Nf6 7.Nf3 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.d5 exd5 10.Nxd5 Nxd5 11.Bxd5 Nd7 12.Be3 Nf6 13.Bb3 Qxd1 14.Rfxd1 Be6 15.Bxe6 fxe6
16.Ng5 e5 17.Rac1 Rfc8 18.a3 a6 19.Ne6 Rxc1 20.Rxc1 Bd6 21.Rd1 Be7 22.Rc1 Bd6
23.Kf1 Re8 24.Ng5 h6 25.Nf3 Kf7 26.Nd2 Ke6 27.Nc4 Rc8  1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch U12"]
[Site "Verdun"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A00"]

1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bxb4 3.Bxe5 Nf6 4.Nf3 O-O 5.e3 d5 6.c4 Re8 7.Be2 c5 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.O-O Nc6 10.Bb2 Bf5 11.Qc1 Qe7 12.Nc3 Rad8 13.Na4 Nf4 14.exf4 Qxe2 15.a3 Bxd2
16.Qxc5 Bg6 17.Nc3 Qe6 18.Nxd2 Rxd2 19.Nd1 f6 20.Bc1 Rxd1  0-1

[Event "EU-ch U12"]
[Site "Verdun"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Szymanski, Marcin"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2100"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D33"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.g3 c4 7.Bg2 Bb4 8.O-O Nge7
9.e4 Bxc3 10.bxc3 O-O 11.e5 Bf5 12.Ne1 Qd7 13.f4 g6 14.Nc2 h5 15.Ne3 Be6
16.Rf2 b5 17.Ba3 b4 18.Bxb4 Nxb4 19.cxb4 a5 20.bxa5 Rxa5 21.Rb2 Rfa8 22.Nc2 Nc6
23.h3 Bxh3 24.Bxh3 Qxh3 25.Qe1 h4 26.gxh4 Qg4+ 27.Kh1 Qxf4 28.e6 R5a7 29.Rb6 Rc8
30.Rxc6 Rxc6 31.e7 Rxe7 32.Qxe7 Re6 33.Qg5 Qe4+ 34.Qg2 Qxh4+ 35.Kg1 Re4 36.Qf2 Rg4+
37.Kf1 Rf4 38.Qxf4 Qxf4+ 39.Ke2 Qe4+ 40.Kd2 Qd3+ 41.Ke1 c3  0-1

[Event "EU-ch U12"]
[Site "Verdun"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Azarov, Sergei"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Be2 Nbd7 6.h3 Bh5 7.Be3 e5 8.O-O Be7
9.Nh4 Bg6 10.Nxg6 hxg6 11.d5 O-O 12.dxc6 bxc6 13.Qd2 Nc5 14.Bf3 Rb8 15.b3 a5
16.Rad1 Qc8 17.Bxc5 dxc5 18.Na4 Qc7 19.Qc3 Nd7 20.Nb2 c4 21.Nxc4 Bb4 22.Qb2 Rfe8
23.c3 Bc5 24.Nxa5 Qxa5 25.Rxd7 Bb6 26.b4 Qa6 27.Be2 Qc8 28.Rfd1 Rd8 29.Rxd8+ Bxd8
30.Bc4 Bb6 31.Qb3 Qc7 32.a4 Kh7 33.Qc2 Rd8 34.Rxd8 Qxd8 35.Bxf7 Qd6 36.Qe2 Qf6
37.Qf3 Qg5 38.g3 Qd2 39.h4 Kh6 40.h5 Qe1+ 41.Kg2 Qd2 42.Bxg6 Ba7 43.Be8 Bb6
44.Qf5  1-0

[Event "EU-ch U12"]
[Site "Verdun"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Petuchovskis, Edgaras"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D16"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Na6 6.e4 Bg4 7.Be3 e6 8.Bxc4 Bb4
9.Bd3 O-O 10.O-O c5 11.Bxa6 bxa6 12.dxc5 Bxc3 13.bxc3 Nxe4 14.Qd4 Bxf3 15.gxf3 Qxd4
16.cxd4 Nc3 17.Ra3 Nd5 18.Rb1 Rab8 19.Rab3 Rxb3 20.Rxb3 f6 21.Rb7 Rf7 22.Rb8+ Rf8
23.Rb3 Rf7 24.Bd2 Rd7 25.Be3 Kf7 26.Kf1 Ne7 27.Bf4 Nc6 28.Bd6 Nxd4 29.Rb8 e5
30.f4 exf4 31.Bxf4 Ke6 32.Rc8 Kd5 33.Bd6 Ne6 34.Kg2 Rd8 35.Rb8 Rxb8 36.Bxb8 Nxc5
37.a5 Nb7 38.Bxa7 Nxa5 39.Be3 Nb3 40.Kf3 a5 41.Ke2 a4 42.Kd1 a3  0-1

[Event "Wch U14"]
[Site "Menorca"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Lim Chuing Hoong"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A42"]

1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.e4 Nd7 5.Be3 e5 6.d5 Ne7 7.Bd3 O-O 8.Nge2 f5
9.exf5 Nxf5 10.Bxf5 gxf5 11.f4 Nf6 12.O-O Qe7 13.h3 Bd7 14.Qd2 b6 15.Rae1 Rae8
16.Ng3 e4 17.Rc1 Qf7 18.Rfd1 a6 19.b4 Qg6 20.Nce2 Rf7 21.Qc2 Bf8 22.Bd4 c5
23.dxc6 Bxc6 24.Bxb6 h5 25.Be3 Rg7 26.b5 axb5 27.cxb5 Ba8 28.Bd4 Be7 29.Bxf6 Bxf6
30.Rxd6 h4 31.Qc4+ Kh7 32.Rxf6 Qxf6 33.Nh5 Qb6+ 34.Kh1 Rd7 35.a4 e3 36.Qc3 Rf7
37.Nd4 Qg6 38.Nc6 Qxh5 39.Re1 Qg6 40.Rxe3 Rxe3 41.Qxe3 Bxc6 42.bxc6 Qxc6
43.Qf2 Qf6 44.a5 Rc7 45.a6 Qe7 46.Kh2 Ra7 47.Qb6 Qg7 48.Qd6 Rd7  0-1

[Event "Wch U14"]
[Site "Menorca"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Andres Gonzalez, Ivan"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[ECO "B01"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bc4 Bg4 5.f3 Bc8 6.Nc3 Nbd7 7.Bb5 a6 8.Ba4 b5
9.Bb3 Nb6 10.d3 Nbxd5 11.Nge2 e6 12.Nxd5 Nxd5 13.O-O Be7 14.Nc3 Nxc3 15.bxc3 O-O
16.Be3 Bb7 17.Qd2 c5 18.Rfd1 Qc7 19.c4 Bf6 20.Rac1 Be5 21.f4 Bf6 22.Qf2 Rac8
23.c3 Rfd8 24.d4 bxc4 25.Bxc4 cxd4 26.cxd4 Qd7 27.Qe2 Qd6 28.Rc2 Bd5 29.Bxd5 Rxc2
30.Qxc2 Qxd5 31.Qa4 a5 32.Qc2 g6 33.Qd2 Kg7 34.Kf2 Rc8 35.Rb1 Rc4 36.Rd1 Ra4  0-1

[Event "Wch U14"]
[Site "Menorca"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lurie, Michael"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2070"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[ECO "A06"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.b3 Bg4 3.d4 Bxf3 4.exf3 e6 5.Bb2 Nf6 6.Bd3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.O-O O-O
9.c4 d4 10.Nd2 Nc6 11.Ne4 Nxe4 12.Bxe4 Qd6 13.a3 a5 14.Bxc6 bxc6 15.b4 axb4
16.axb4 Bxb4 17.Qxd4 Qxd4 18.Bxd4 c5 19.Be3 Rfd8 20.Rfb1 h6 21.Kf1 Rxa1 22.Rxa1 Rd3
23.Rc1 Ra3 24.Ke2 Kh7 25.f4 Kg6 26.Rc2 Kf5 27.Kf3 Kg6 28.h3 Kf5 29.g4+ Kf6
30.h4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U14"]
[Site "Menorca"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Cawdery, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E71"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.h3 O-O 6.Be3 e5 7.d5 Na6 8.Bd3 Nh5 9.g3 Qe8
10.Be2 Nf6 11.g4 Qe7 12.Bd3 Ne8 13.Nge2 Nc5 14.Bc2 f5 15.exf5 gxf5 16.gxf5 e4
17.Ng3 Bxf5 18.Qd2 Bg6 19.h4 h5 20.O-O-O Nf6 21.Bg5 Rae8 22.Rde1 Qf7 23.Rhf1 Ng4
24.Ncxe4 Ne5 25.Nxc5 Nxc4 26.Bxg6 Qxg6 27.Qd3 Bxb2+ 28.Kb1 Qxd3+ 29.Nxd3 Bc3
30.Rxe8 Rxe8 31.Kc2 Bd4 32.Nf4 Nb6 33.Ngxh5 c5 34.dxc6 bxc6 35.Nf6+  1-0

[Event "Wch U14"]
[Site "Menorca"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[ECO "B01"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Nxd5 4.c4 Nb6 5.Nf3 g6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O Nc6
9.d5 Na5 10.c5 Bxc3 11.cxb6 Bg7 12.Bf4 Bxb2 13.Rb1 Bg7 14.bxc7 Qd7 15.Bb5 Qf5
16.Qd2 b6 17.d6 exd6 18.Bxd6 Bb7 19.Bxf8 Rxf8 20.Bd7 Qh5 21.Rb5 f5 22.Rc1 Bh6
23.c8=Q Bxd2 24.Be6+ Kg7 25.Qd7+ Kh8 26.Qd4+  1-0

[Event "Wch U14"]
[Site "Menorca"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[BlackElo "2110"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 d5 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Be2 Bd6 7.O-O O-O 8.b3 Qe7
9.Bb2 dxc4 10.bxc4 e5 11.Qc2 Re8 12.Rae1 b6 13.Kh1 Bb7 14.dxe5 Nxe5 15.Nd4 Bc5
16.Rd1 Qc7 17.Nf5 Bf8 18.Ng3 Neg4 19.Bxg4 Nxg4 20.Nce4 c5 21.Nc3 Re6 22.Nd5 Bd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Polanica Zdroj op"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Staniszewski, Piotr"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.g3 Nc6 6.Bg2 Nf6 7.O-O Be7 8.dxc5 Bxc5
9.a3 O-O 10.b4 Bb6 11.Bb2 Ne4 12.Nc3 Be6 13.Na4 Bc7 14.Nd4 Qe7 15.Rc1 Nxd4
16.Qxd4 f6 17.Bxe4 dxe4 18.Qxe4 Bb6 19.Nxb6 axb6 20.Bd4 Qd6 21.Rfd1 Bd5 22.Qd3 Rfd8
23.e4 Be6 24.Qf3 Rac8 25.Rxc8 Bxc8 26.Rd2 Be6 27.Be3 Qe7 28.Rxd8+ Qxd8 29.Qe2 Kf7
30.Qh5+ Kf8 31.Kg2 h6 32.Qb5 Qc8 33.f3 Bh3+ 34.Kf2 Qc2+ 35.Qe2 Qb3 36.Bxb6 Qxa3
37.Bc5+ Kg8 38.g4 h5 39.gxh5 Qc1 40.Kg3 Bf1 41.Qe3 Qc2 42.Qg1 Bc4 43.h6 Qd2
44.Qe3 Qd1 45.hxg7 Kxg7 46.Bd4 Kg6 47.Bxf6 Kxf6 48.Qc3+ Kg5 49.h4+ Kh5 50.Qxc4 Qg1+
51.Kf4 Kxh4 52.e5 Qg5+ 53.Ke4 Kg3 54.Qf7 Qd2 55.Qg7+ Kf2 56.Qxb7 Qc2+ 57.Kd4 Qb2+
58.Kd5 Kxf3 59.e6 Kf4 60.Qb8+ Kf5 61.Qf8+ Kg5 62.Qc5 Kg6 63.b5 Qb3+ 64.Kd6 Qg3+
65.Kd7 Qd3+ 66.Ke8 Qe4 67.Qc6 Qe5 68.e7+ Kg7 69.b6 Qh5+ 70.Kd8  1-0

[Event "Polanica Zdroj op"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Bukhman, Eduard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[ECO "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.b6 e6 6.Nc3 Nxd5 7.Nxd5 exd5 8.Qxd5 Nc6
9.e3 Be7 10.Bc4 O-O 11.Nf3 Bb7 12.Qd1 Qxb6 13.O-O Rad8 14.Bd5 Nb4 15.Bxb7 Qxb7
16.a3 Nd5 17.e4 Nc7 18.e5 d5 19.exd6 Rxd6 20.Qc2 Rg6 21.Kh1 Rb6 22.Rb1 Ne6
23.Be3 Rb8 24.Ne5 Rxb2 25.Rxb2 Qxb2 26.Qf5 Rf8 27.Nc6 Bf6 28.a4 Qb7 29.Na5 Qb4
30.Nc6 Qxa4 31.Ne5 Rd8 32.h3 Rd1 33.Rxd1 Qxd1+ 34.Kh2 Qd5 35.f4 a5 36.Qb1 Bxe5
37.fxe5 Qxe5+ 38.Kh1 Qxe3  0-1

[Event "Polanica Zdroj op"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Klykow, Lukasz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2185"]
[ECO "D00"]

1.d4 d5 2.Bg5 h6 3.Bh4 c5 4.dxc5 Qa5+ 5.Nc3 Qb4 6.Nf3 g5 7.Bg3 Bg7 8.Rb1 Bxc3+
9.bxc3 Qxc3+ 10.Qd2 Qxd2+ 11.Nxd2 Nc6 12.h4 g4 13.e3 e5 14.c4 d4 15.exd4 exd4
16.Ne4 Kf8 17.Nd6 Nf6 18.Bd3 Kg7 19.Nxb7 Re8+ 20.Kd2 Bxb7 21.Rxb7 Ne4+ 22.Bxe4 Rxe4
23.Re1 Rxe1 24.Kxe1 Rc8 25.Kd2 a5 26.a3 Kg6 27.Kd3 f6 28.Rd7 Ne5+ 29.Bxe5 fxe5
30.Rd6+ Kh5 31.Rd5 Re8 32.g3 Kg6 33.Ke4 Re6 34.Rd7 a4 35.Rb7 Kf6 36.Rb4 h5
37.Rxa4 Rc6 38.Ra5 Ke6 39.Rb5 Kd7 40.Rb7+ Ke6 41.Rb5 Kd7 42.Kxe5 d3 43.Rb3 Rxc5+
44.Kd4 d2 45.Rd3 Ra5 46.Ke3+  1-0

[Event "EU-ch U14"]
[Site "Rimavska Sobota"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Langheinrich, Ferenc"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E71"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.h3 O-O 6.Be3 e5 7.d5 c6 8.Bd3 cxd5 9.cxd5 a6
10.Nge2 Nbd7 11.O-O Nh5 12.Qd2 f5 13.exf5 gxf5 14.f4 exf4 15.Nxf4 Nxf4 16.Rxf4 Ne5
17.Raf1 Nxd3 18.Qxd3 Bd7 19.Bd4 Be5 20.Bxe5 dxe5 21.Rb4 Qc7 22.Kh1 b5 23.d6 Qc5
24.Rh4 Rf6 25.Nd5 Rxd6 26.Ne7+ Kh8 27.Qg3 f4 28.Ng6+ Rxg6 29.Qxg6 Qe7 30.Qe4 Re8
31.Rh5 Bc8 32.Re1 f3 33.Qxe5+ Qxe5 34.Rhxe5 Rxe5 35.Rxe5 f2 36.Re8+ Kg7  0-1

[Event "EU-ch U14"]
[Site "Rimavska Sobota"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[BlackElo "2110"]
[ECO "D00"]

1.d4 d5 2.Bg5 Nf6 3.Bxf6 exf6 4.e3 Bd6 5.c4 dxc4 6.Bxc4 O-O 7.Nf3 b6 8.O-O Bb7
9.Nc3 a6 10.Rc1 Nd7 11.Bd3 Re8 12.Nd2 Rc8 13.Be4 Bxe4 14.Ncxe4 Bf8 15.Qa4 a5
16.Nc3 c6 17.Rfd1 f5 18.Nf3 b5 19.Qc2 Qf6 20.Qe2 b4 21.Na4 c5 22.Qb5 Qc6
23.Qxc6 Rxc6 24.dxc5 Nxc5 25.Nd4 Rcc8 26.Nxc5 Rxc5 27.Rxc5 Bxc5 28.Nxf5 g6
29.Ng3 Bf8 30.Kf1 Rc8 31.Ke2 Bg7 32.b3 f5 33.Rd2 Rc1 34.Kf3 Bc3 35.Rd8+ Kg7
36.Ne2 Rc2 37.Nxc3 bxc3 38.Rc8 Kf6 39.Rc5 Rxa2 40.Rxc3 Ra3 41.Rc5 Ke6 42.Rb5 Kf6
43.Rb7 h5 44.h4 a4 45.Rb6+ Kf7 46.bxa4 Rxa4 47.g3 Ra2 48.Rc6 Rb2 49.Ra6 Rc2
50.Rd6 Ra2 51.Rc6 Rb2 52.Rc1 Kf6 53.Re1 Rb3 54.Re2 Ke5 55.Ra2 Kf6 56.Ra6+ Kg7
57.Ra4 Kf6 58.Kf4 Rb6 59.Rc4 Ra6 60.Rd4 Rc6 61.Ra4 Rb6 62.f3 Rc6 63.e4 fxe4
64.fxe4 Rc5 65.Rb4 Ra5 66.Rc4 Rb5 67.Rd4 Ra5 68.Rd6+ Kf7 69.Rd5 Ra3 70.Rb5 Rc3
71.Ra5 Rb3 72.Rc5 Ra3 73.Rb5 Rc3 74.Rb7+ Ke6 75.Rb6+ Kf7 76.Ra6 Rb3 77.Ra7+ Ke6
78.Ra6+ Kf7 79.Ke5 Rb5+ 80.Kf4 Rb3 81.Ra5 Ke6 82.Ra4 Kf6 83.Rc4 Ra3 84.Rd4 Ra5
85.Rd5 Ra4 86.Rd6+ Kf7 87.Kg5 Ra3 88.Rf6+ Ke7 89.Rxg6 Rxg3+ 90.Kxh5 Ra3  1-0

[Event "EU-ch U14"]
[Site "Rimavska Sobota"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gvatua, Valeri"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6 4.f4 Qa5 5.Bd3 e5 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Be3 Nbd7 8.h3 Bxf3
9.Qxf3 Be7 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.f5 O-O 12.g4 Nc5 13.g5 Nxd3+ 14.cxd3 Nd7 15.f6 Bb4
16.Bd2 g6 17.Nb1 Nc5 18.a3 Bxd2+ 19.Nxd2 Qb5 20.Nc4 Rad8 21.O-O-O Nxd3+ 22.Rxd3 Qxc4+
23.Rc3 Qa2 24.Kc2 Rd4 25.Rd1 Rfd8 26.Rxd4 exd4 27.Rb3 a5 28.Qd3 b5 29.h4 Kh8
30.Qg3 a4 31.Rd3 Qc4+ 32.Kd2 Qe6 33.Qc7 Qd7 34.Qe5 Kg8 35.Qc5 Qd6 36.Qxd6 Rxd6
37.b4 Kf8 38.Ke2 Ke8 39.Kf3 Kd7 40.Kf4 Ke6 41.Rd1 Rd8 42.Rd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch U14"]
[Site "Rimavska Sobota"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ballo, Emanuel"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[ECO "D33"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.g3 c4 7.Bg2 Bb4 8.O-O Nge7
9.Re1 O-O 10.Bd2 Be6 11.Na4 Bd6 12.Nc3 Qd7 13.b3 Bb4 14.a3 Bxc3 15.Bxc3 b5
16.Ra2 a5 17.bxc4 bxc4 18.Ne5 Qd6 19.e4 Rfd8 20.Nxc6 Nxc6 21.exd5 Bxd5 22.Bxd5 Qxd5
23.Rb2 h6 24.Qd2 Rab8 25.Reb1 Rb3 26.Rxb3 cxb3 27.a4 Qc4 28.Qb2 Nxd4 29.Bxd4 Rxd4
30.Qxb3 Qxb3 31.Rxb3 Rxa4 32.Rb8+ Kh7 33.Rb6 Rb4 34.Ra6 a4 35.Kg2 g5 36.h3 h5
37.Kf3 Kg7 38.g4 h4 39.Kg2 Rf4 40.Ra5 Kg6 41.Ra6+ Kg7 42.Ra5 Kf6 43.Rb5 Re4
44.Ra5 Ke6 45.Ra6+ Kd5 46.Ra5+ Kd6 47.Rf5 Re5 48.Rf6+ Ke7 49.Ra6 Re4 50.Ra5 f6
51.Ra7+ Ke6 52.Ra6+ Ke7 53.Ra7+ Kd8 54.Ra6 Rf4 55.Ra7 Kc8 56.Kf1 Kb8 57.Ra5 Kb7
58.Ke2 Kb6 59.Ra8 Kb5 60.Rb8+ Kc4 61.Ra8 Kb3 62.Rb8+ Rb4 63.Rd8 a3 64.Rd3+ Ka4  0-1

[Event "EU-ch U14"]
[Site "Rimavska Sobota"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Zedek, Frantisek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D00"]

1.d4 d5 2.Bg5 Nf6 3.Bxf6 exf6 4.e3 Bd6 5.c4 dxc4 6.Bxc4 O-O 7.Nf3 Bg4 8.O-O c6
9.Nc3 Nd7 10.Rc1 Nb6 11.Be2 Bc7 12.a3 Nd5 13.Nxd5 Qxd5 14.h3 Be6 15.Bc4 Qd6
16.Bxe6 fxe6 17.Qb3 Rab8 18.Qc4 Kh8 19.b4 e5 20.d5 f5 21.dxc6 e4 22.cxb7 Rxb7
23.Rfd1 Qf6 24.Nd4 f4 25.Qe6 fxe3 26.Qxf6 Rxf6 27.fxe3 h6 28.Rf1 Be5 29.Rxf6 Bxf6
30.Rc4 Bg5 31.Nc2 Rd7 32.Rxe4 Rd3 33.Rc4 Bxe3+ 34.Nxe3 Rxe3 35.a4 a6 36.Rc6 Rb3
37.Rb6 Rb2 38.h4 Kg8 39.h5 Kf8 40.Kh2 Ke8 41.Kg3 Kd8 42.Rb7 Kc8 43.Rxg7 Rxb4
44.Rg6 Rxa4 45.Rxh6 a5 46.Rg6 Ra1 47.Kh4 a4 48.Kg5 Kb7 49.Rd6 Rb1 50.h6 a3
51.h7 a2 52.h8=Q a1=Q 53.Qxa1 Rxa1 54.g4 Kc7 55.Rd2 Ra6 56.Kh5 Ra1 57.g5 Rh1+
58.Kg6 Rg1 59.Kh6 Rh1+ 60.Kg7 Rg1 61.g6 Rg3 62.Kh7 Rh3+ 63.Kg8 Rg3 64.g7 Rg1
65.Rh2  1-0

[Event "EU-ch U14"]
[Site "Rimavska Sobota"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Borchgrevink, Harald"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[ECO "D03"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c3 c5 4.Bg5 Nf6 5.e3 Be7 6.Bd3 O-O 7.O-O Nc6 8.Nbd2 b6
9.Ne5 Nxe5 10.dxe5 Nd7 11.Bxe7 Qxe7 12.f4 f5 13.Rf3 Bb7 14.Rh3 Rad8 15.g4 Nb8
16.gxf5 exf5 17.Qh5 g6 18.Rg3 Qg7 19.Qg5 Nc6 20.h4 Ne7 21.h5 d4 22.hxg6 h6
23.Bc4+ Bd5 24.Qh4 dxe3 25.Rxe3 Nxg6 26.Bxd5+ Rxd5 27.Qf2 Nxf4+ 28.Kh1 Ne6
29.Rg1 Ng5 30.Reg3 f4 31.Rg4 Qxe5 32.Qh2 Rf6 33.Rf1 Qe3 34.Nf3 Qe4 35.Kg1 Rg6
36.Qg2 Nxf3+ 37.Rxf3 Rxg4 38.Qxg4+ Rg5  0-1

[Event "EU-ch U14"]
[Site "Rimavska Sobota"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Kobylkin, Evgeni"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[ECO "E71"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.h3 O-O 6.Be3 e5 7.d5 c6 8.Bd3 cxd5 9.cxd5 Nbd7
10.Nge2 a6 11.O-O Ne8 12.Qd2 f5 13.exf5 gxf5 14.f4 e4 15.Bc2 Kh8 16.Nd4 Ndf6
17.b4 Rg8 18.Bb3 Bd7 19.Rac1 Bh6 20.Ne6 Qe7 21.Ng5 Nh5 22.Ne2 Nxf4 23.Nxf4 Bxg5
24.Ne6 Bxe3+ 25.Qxe3 Bxe6 26.dxe6 Rg5 27.Rcd1 Qg7 28.Rf2 Rc8 29.Rd5 Rc3 30.Qe2 Rc1+
31.Kh2 Qc3 32.Rf1 Qg3+ 33.Kh1 Rxf1+ 34.Qxf1 f4 35.Rxg5 Qxg5 36.Qc4 f3 37.gxf3 exf3
38.Qc3+ Qf6 39.Qxf6+ Nxf6 40.Kh2 Kg7 41.Kg3 Ne4+ 42.Kh2 f2 43.Bc4 Kf6 44.Kg2 Nd2  0-1

[Event "EU-ch U14"]
[Site "Rimavska Sobota"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vavrak, Peter"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2105"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[ECO "D33"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.g3 c4 7.Bg2 Bb4 8.O-O Nge7
9.Ne5 Bxc3 10.Nxc6 Nxc6 11.bxc3 O-O 12.e4 Be6 13.f4 f5 14.e5 Qa5 15.Bd2 Rab8
16.a3 Qc7 17.Qc2 b5 18.a4 b4 19.cxb4 Nxd4 20.Qd1 Nb3 21.Rb1 d4 22.b5 Nxd2
23.Qxd2 Qc5 24.Qb4 Qxb4 25.Rxb4 d3 26.Kf2 c3 27.Ke1 Rfd8 28.a5 Rbc8 29.Bc6 Bd5
30.Bxd5+ Rxd5 31.Kd1 Rcc5 32.Rb3 c2+ 33.Kd2 Rxb5 34.Rxb5 Rxb5 35.Kxd3 Rb1  0-1

[Event "EU-ch U14"]
[Site "Rimavska Sobota"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Jasik, Krzysztof"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[BlackElo "2160"]
[ECO "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.b6 Bb7 6.Nc3 d6 7.a4 a5 8.e4 Nbd7 9.Nf3 g6
10.Bb5 Bg7 11.e5 dxe5 12.Nxe5 O-O 13.Nc6 Bxc6 14.Bxc6 Ra6 15.b7 Nb8 16.Bb5 Rb6
17.O-O Rxb7 18.Be3 Nbd7 19.Qe2 Qc7 20.Rac1 Rfb8 21.g3 Qe5 22.Qf3 g5 23.Rfe1 g4
24.Qg2 Nh5 25.Bc6 Rc7 26.Nb5 Qxb2 27.Nxc7 Ne5 28.d6 exd6 29.Be4  1-0

[Event "Yerevan op"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Kacheishvili, Giorgi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Be2 Bd6 7.O-O O-O 8.b3 a6
9.Bb2 b5 10.Qc2 Bb7 11.Rac1 Rc8 12.Rfd1 Qe7 13.Qb1 Rfd8 14.h3 b4 15.Na4 dxc4
16.Rxc4 a5 17.Rdc1 h6 18.Ne5 Bxe5 19.dxe5 Nd5 20.Nc5 Nxc5 21.Rxc5 Nc3 22.R5xc3 bxc3
23.Bxc3 Qa3 24.b4 Rb8 25.Bd4 axb4 26.Bc5 Ba6 27.Bxa6 Qxa6 28.Bd6 Rb5 29.Qb3 Rc8
30.Bc5 Ra8 31.Rc2 Ra5 32.Qxb4 Rxa2 33.Rc3 Ra1+ 34.Kh2 Qf1 35.e4 Qh1+ 36.Kg3 Rg1  0-1

[Event "Yerevan op"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Esaibekian, Milena"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2135"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6 4.f4 Qa5 5.Bd3 e5 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.O-O Nbd7
9.Qe1 Bxf3 10.Rxf3 Be7 11.Kh1 O-O 12.f5 b5 13.Rh3 b4 14.Nd1 Rfd8 15.Ne3 Nc5
16.Nc4 Qc7 17.Bg5 Rd4 18.Qh4 Ncxe4 19.Be3 Rxc4 20.Bxc4 Nd6 21.Rf1 Qd7 22.Bg5 Nxf5
23.Qe1 Nd6 24.Bd3 e4 25.Bxf6 Bxf6 26.Bxe4 Nxe4 27.Qxe4 h6 28.Rd3 Re8 29.Rxd7 Rxe4
30.Rxa7 Bxb2 31.Raxf7 Rc4 32.R7f2 Bd4 33.Rd2 c5 34.Rf3 Bc3 35.Re2 Rd4 36.Rd3 Rf4
37.g3 Rf1+ 38.Kg2 Ra1 39.Rd8+ Kh7 40.Ra8 Bd4 41.Kf3 Kg6 42.Ke4 Kf6 43.Kd5 Kg6
44.Ra6+ Kf7 45.Ke4 Bg1 46.Kf5 Rf1+ 47.Kg4 Ra1 48.Kh5 Bd4 49.Kg4 Bg1 50.h3 Bd4
51.Re4 Kg8 52.h4 Rg1 53.Kf3 Rf1+ 54.Ke2 Rf2+ 55.Kd1 Rf1+ 56.Kd2 Rf2+ 57.Re2 Bc3+
58.Kd3 c4+ 59.Ke3 Bd4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Yerevan op"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Haroutjunian, Dmitri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B53"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 d6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Qxd4 Nc6 6.Bb5 Bd7 7.Bxc6 Bxc6 8.Bg5 Nf6
9.O-O-O Be7 10.Rhe1 O-O 11.e5 dxe5 12.Qh4 Qc7 13.Nxe5 Rfe8 14.Rd3 Nd5 15.Nxc6 Bxg5+
16.Qxg5 bxc6 17.Rg3 f6 18.Qg4 Qf4+ 19.Qxf4 Nxf4 20.Rg4 e5 21.Ne2 h5 22.Rg3 h4
23.Rg4 g5 24.g3 hxg3 25.hxg3 Ne6 26.Rc4 c5 27.Nc3 Rec8 28.Ne4 Kg7 29.Rd1 Rc7
30.Rd6 Kf7 31.Rd5 Rb8 32.Rc3 Ke7 33.Nxc5 Nd4 34.Re3 Rb5 35.Rxd4 Rbxc5 36.c3 Ke6
37.Rd8 Rh7 38.b4 Rc4 39.Kc2 g4 40.Kb3 Rhc7 41.a4 R4c6 42.Rg8 Rc4 43.a5 Kd5
44.Re8 R4c6 45.Rd8+ Ke6 46.Red3 f5 47.b5 e4 48.bxc6 exd3 49.Rxd3 Rxc6 50.c4 Rc8
51.Rd2 Rb8+ 52.Kc3 Rb1 53.c5 Rb5 54.Kc4 Rxa5 55.Re2+ Kd7 56.Kd5 Ra4 57.Re5 f4
58.Rg5 fxg3 59.fxg3 Ra1 60.Rg7+ Kd8 61.Rxg4 a5 62.Kd6 Ke8 63.c6 Rd1+ 64.Kc7 Rd3
65.Re4+ Kf7 66.g4 Rc3 67.Ra4 Rc5 68.Kb6 Rc1 69.Rxa5 Ke7 70.g5 Kd6 71.Rf5 Rxc6+
72.Kb5 Rc1 73.Kb4 Ke6 74.Ra5 Kf7 75.Rd5 Kg6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Yerevan op"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khalafian, Erua"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2115"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Be2 Nbd7 6.a4 e5 7.Be3 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.h3 Bh5 10.Nd2 Bg6 11.f4 exf4 12.Bxf4 Re8 13.Bf3 Bf8 14.Kh1 Qb6 15.a5 Qxb2
16.Na4 Qb4 17.c3 Qxa5 18.Nc4 Qc7 19.e5 dxe5 20.dxe5 Rad8 21.Qc1 Nxe5 22.Nxe5 Rxe5
23.c4 Qe7 24.Bxe5 Qxe5 25.Re1 Qg3 26.c5 Rd4 27.Re3 Qh4 28.Nb2 a6 29.Raa3 h6
30.Rab3 Rb4 31.Rbc3 Ne4 32.Bxe4 Rxe4 33.Rxe4 Bxe4 34.Qe3 Be7 35.Nd1 Bf6 36.Qg3 Qh5
37.Rc1 Bb2 38.Nxb2 Qe2 39.Nc4 f5 40.Nd6 f4 41.Qg4 Qe3 42.Qe6+  1-0

[Event "Yerevan op"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Grigorian, Arusiak"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2165"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Be3 Qb6 5.Qd2 Ng4 6.Bg5 e5 7.h3 Nf6 8.dxe5 dxe5
9.Nf3 Nbd7 10.Bc4 Be7 11.O-O O-O 12.Bb3 Qc7 13.Rad1 b5 14.Rfe1 a5 15.a3 Bb7
16.Nh4 Nc5 17.Nf5 Rad8 18.Qe3 Nxb3 19.cxb3 Rxd1 20.Rxd1 Rd8 21.Rxd8+ Bxd8
22.Qg3 g6 23.Qh4 gxf5 24.Bxf6 Bxf6 25.Qxf6 f4 26.h4 h5 27.Qg5+ Kf8 28.Qxh5 b4
29.Qh6+ Ke7 30.Na4 c5 31.f3 bxa3 32.bxa3 c4 33.bxc4 Qxc4 34.Nb6 Qc1+ 35.Kh2 Qe1
36.Qg5+ f6 37.Qg7+ Ke8 38.Qg4 Ke7 39.h5 Bxe4 40.fxe4 Qxe4 41.h6  1-0

[Event "Yerevan op"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Gasparian, Narine"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D48"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 a6
9.e4 c5 10.d5 c4 11.Bc2 e5 12.O-O Bd6 13.Nh4 Nc5 14.Nf5 Bxf5 15.exf5 O-O
16.Bg5 Be7 17.Qf3 Qd6 18.Rad1 Rac8 19.Rfe1 b4 20.Na4 Rfd8 21.Nxc5 Rxc5 22.Qe2 Rxd5
23.Rc1 Rc8 24.Bb3 h6 25.Be3 c3 26.bxc3 bxc3 27.Bxd5 Nxd5 28.Red1 Qc6 29.Qf3 Nxe3
30.Qxc6 Rxc6 31.fxe3 Bb4 32.Rc2 Rf6 33.Rb1 a5 34.Rb3 Rxf5 35.a3 Bd6 36.Rcxc3 e4
37.Rc8+ Kh7 38.Re8 Rc5 39.Rxe4 Rc1+ 40.Kf2 Bxh2 41.Re7 Bg1+ 42.Kg3 Kg6 43.Re5 h5
44.Rxa5 Rf1 45.Rab5 Bf2+ 46.Kh2 h4 47.Rb1 Bg3+ 48.Kh3 Rf2 49.R5b2 Rf5 50.Rb4 Kh6
51.a4 g5 52.Rg4 f6 53.Rxg3 hxg3 54.Kxg3 Kg6 55.Ra1 Ra5 56.Kf3 Kf5 57.e4+ Ke5
58.Ke3 f5 59.exf5 Kxf5 60.Kd4 Kg4 61.Ra3 Kh4 62.Kc4 g4 63.Kb4 Rf5 64.a5 Rf4+
65.Kc5 Rf5+ 66.Kd4 Rf7 67.a6 Ra7 68.Kc5 Rc7+ 69.Kb6 Rf7 70.a7 Rf6+ 71.Kc5 Rf5+
72.Kd4 Rf4+ 73.Ke5  1-0

[Event "Yerevan op"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Javakhishvili, Eka"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D33"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.g3 c4 7.Bg2 Bb4 8.O-O Nge7
9.Bf4 O-O 10.Ne5 Be6 11.Nxc6 Nxc6 12.e4 Bxc3 13.bxc3 dxe4 14.Bxe4 Bd5 15.Bxd5 Qxd5
16.Rb1 b5 17.a4 b4 18.cxb4 Nxd4 19.Be3 Nf3+ 20.Kh1 Qe4 21.Rc1 Ng5+  0-1

[Event "Yerevan op"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Haroutjunian, Gevorg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E71"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.h3 e5 6.d5 a5 7.Be3 Na6 8.Bd3 O-O 9.Nge2 Nc5
10.Bc2 Nfd7 11.O-O f5 12.exf5 gxf5 13.f4 e4 14.Rb1 Nf6 15.a3 Ncd7 16.b4 Qe7
17.Nd4 Ne8 18.Bb3 Ndf6 19.Qe2 Kh8 20.Rfc1 Rg8 21.c5 Bh6 22.Ncb5 Qg7 23.Qf2 Qf7
24.cxd6 cxd6 25.Ne6 axb4 26.axb4 Qh5 27.Ng5 Bd7 28.Nc7 Nxc7 29.Rxc7 Rxg5
30.Bd4 Rg6 31.Rxd7 Rag8 32.Kh1 Bg7 33.Bd1 Qh6 34.Rf7 Nxd5 35.Rxf5 Ne7 36.Rh5 Bxd4
37.Qxd4+ Qg7 38.Qxg7+ R6xg7 39.Bg4 d5 40.Re5 Rd8 41.f5 Nc6 42.Re6 Re7 43.Rxe7 Nxe7
44.Rd1 d4 45.Kg1 Kg7 46.Kf2 Kf6 47.Ke2 d3+ 48.Kd2 Nd5 49.Re1 Ke5 50.Bf3 Nf6
51.g4 Kf4 52.Bh1 e3+ 53.Kd1 Ra8 54.Rf1+ Ke5  0-1

[Event "Yerevan op"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Siprashvili, Ivane"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Bg4 4.O-O Nd7 5.d3 Ngf6 6.Nbd2 e5 7.c4 Be7 8.cxd5 cxd5
9.h3 Bh5 10.Qb3 O-O 11.g4 Bg6 12.d4 exd4 13.Nxd4 Nc5 14.Qd1 h5 15.g5 Nfe4
16.h4 Nxd2 17.Bxd2 Be4 18.f3 Bg6 19.Bh3 Bd6 20.Be1 Qe7 21.Qd2 Rfe8 22.Rf2 Bg3
23.Rg2 Bxe1 24.Rxe1 Nd3 25.Rf1 Ne5 26.b3 Nc6 27.Nf5 Qc5+ 28.Kh1 Bxf5 29.Bxf5 g6
30.Bb1 Re3 31.f4 Rae8 32.Kh2 Qd6 33.Rff2 Kg7 34.Kg1 Qc5 35.Kh2 a5 36.Qb2+ Qd4
37.Qxd4+ Nxd4 38.Bd3 Nf5 39.Bxf5 gxf5 40.Kg1 R8e4 41.Rh2 Rg3+ 42.Rhg2 Rge3
43.Rh2 a4 44.bxa4 Rxa4 45.Rf3 Rxf3 46.exf3 Rxf4 47.Kf2 Ra4 48.Ke3 f4+ 49.Kd3 Ra3+
50.Kd4 Rxf3 51.Kxd5 Ra3 52.Ke5 f3 53.Kf4 b5 54.Rb2 Ra4+ 55.Kxf3 Rxh4 56.Rxb5 Ra4
57.Rb6 Rxa2 58.Rh6 Rh2 59.Kf4 Rh1 60.Kg3 Rb1 61.Kh4 Rh1+ 62.Kg3 Kg8 63.Kf4 Rh4+
64.Ke5 Kg7 65.Kf5 Rh1 66.Kf4 Rh3 67.Ke4 Ra3 68.Kf4 Ra4+ 69.Kf5 h4 70.Rh5 Rb4
71.Rh6 Rc4 72.Rh5 Ra4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Yerevan op"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Gegamian, Argen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2220"]
[ECO "A68"]

1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5 4.d5 Nf6 5.e4 d6 6.f4 O-O 7.Bd3 e6 8.Nf3 exd5 9.cxd5 Bg4
10.O-O a6 11.a4 Nbd7 12.Be3 Qc7 13.h3 Bxf3 14.Qxf3 Rfe8 15.Rae1 Rab8 16.Bf2 c4
17.Bb1 b5 18.axb5 axb5 19.Kh1 b4 20.Ne2 c3 21.bxc3 bxc3 22.Nd4 Rb2 23.Rc1 Qc4
24.Bg1 Nxd5 25.Bd3 Qa4 26.Ra1  1-0

[Event "Yerevan op"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Nersissian, Garnik"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6 4.f3 Nbd7 5.Be3 e5 6.d5 Be7 7.dxc6 bxc6 8.Bc4 O-O
9.Nge2 Nb6 10.Bb3 d5 11.exd5 cxd5 12.Bxb6 Qxb6 13.Nxd5 Nxd5 14.Qxd5 Bb7 15.Qc4 Rac8
16.Qa4 Qe3 17.Rd1 Bc5 18.Rf1 Rfd8 19.Rd7 Bc6 20.Qxc6 Rxc6 21.Rxd8+ Bf8 22.Rd3 Bb4+
23.Kd1 Rd6 24.Bd5 Qb6 25.a3 Bc5 26.b4 Bd4 27.c4 Qa6 28.Nxd4 Rxd5 29.b5 Qa4+
30.Kd2 Rxd4 31.Rxd4 exd4 32.Kd3 Qxa3+ 33.Kxd4 Kf8 34.Rb1 Ke7 35.c5 Qa4+ 36.Kc3 Qa3+
37.Kc4 Qa2+ 38.Rb3 Kd7 39.b6 axb6 40.cxb6 Kc8 41.b7+ Kb8 42.g4 Qxh2  0-1

[Event "Kasparov Cup"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Grigoriants, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[ECO "D00"]

1.d4 d5 2.Bg5 Nd7 3.c4 dxc4 4.Nc3 c6 5.a4 Ngf6 6.Nf3 e6 7.e4 h6 8.Bd2 c5
9.e5 cxd4 10.exf6 dxc3 11.Bxc3 Nxf6 12.Qxd8+ Kxd8 13.Ne5 Ke8 14.Bxc4 a6 15.O-O-O Be7
16.Rhe1 Bd7 17.b3 Rc8 18.Kb2 Rc7 19.Ba5 Rc5 20.Bb6 Rc8 21.f4 Bb4 22.Re2 Bc5
23.Bxc5 Rxc5 24.f5 Bc8 25.fxe6 fxe6 26.Red2 Rxe5 27.Rd8+ Ke7 28.Rxh8 Bd7
29.Rb8 Bc6 30.Rc8 Bd5 31.Bxd5 Nxd5 32.Rd2 Rg5 33.g3 b5 34.a5 Rg4 35.Ra8 Nb4
36.Ra7+ Kf6 37.Rf2+ Ke5 38.Re2+ Kf6 39.Ka3 g6 40.Ra8 Ke7 41.Ra7+ Kf6 42.Rf2+  1-0

[Event "Kasparov Cup"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Ibrahimov, Rasul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[ECO "E46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Ne2 d5 6.a3 Be7 7.Nf4 c6 8.Be2 Nbd7
9.cxd5 exd5 10.b4 Bd6 11.Nd3 Ne4 12.Nxe4 dxe4 13.Nc5 Nf6 14.Qc2 Re8 15.Bb2 a5
16.b5 b6 17.Na4 cxb5 18.Bxb5 Re7 19.Nc3 Bb7 20.Qe2 Rc8 21.O-O Bb8 22.Rac1 Nd5
23.Nxd5 Bxd5 24.Rxc8 Qxc8 25.Rc1 Rc7 26.Rxc7 Qxc7 27.g3 h6 28.a4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Kasparov Cup"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Miton, Kamil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[BlackElo "2280"]
[ECO "A80"]

1.d4 f5 2.Bg5 c6 3.e3 Qb6 4.b3 g6 5.Bd3 Bg7 6.h4 d6 7.Nd2 e5 8.dxe5 dxe5
9.h5 h6 10.Bh4 g5 11.Bg3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Kasparov Cup"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[ECO "D94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.e3 O-O 6.Be2 c5 7.O-O cxd4 8.exd4 Nc6
9.h3 b6 10.Ne5 Bb7 11.Bf3 Na5 12.c5 bxc5 13.dxc5 Ne4 14.Bxe4 dxe4 15.Bf4 f6
16.Ng4 f5 17.Ne3 Rc8 18.Na4 e5 19.Qxd8 Rfxd8 20.Bg5 Rd4 21.b3 f4 22.Nc2 Rd2
23.Nb4 e3 24.Rac1 h6 25.Be7 Kf7 26.Bd6 exf2+ 27.Kh2 Bf6 28.Nc3 Bh4 29.Rcd1 Bg3+
30.Kh1 f3 31.Nbd5 Ba6  0-1

[Event "Kasparov Cup"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Stoljarov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 d6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 Bf5 7.e3 O-O 8.Be2 c6
9.O-O Qc7 10.Rc1 e5 11.b4 Nbd7 12.Qb3 b6 13.Rfd1 Rfe8 14.a3 g5 15.Bg3 Nh5
16.dxe5 Nxg3 17.hxg3 dxe5 18.Nd2 Nf6 19.Qa4 g4 20.Nf1 h5 21.Bd3 e4 22.Bb1 Bh6
23.Ne2 Kg7 24.Nd4 Bd7 25.Qc2 Rh8 26.c5 b5 27.Qc3 Rae8 28.Ne2 Bg5 29.Rd6 Rh6
30.Rcd1 Kg8 31.Ba2 Re7 32.Nf4 Qc8 33.R1d4 Qf8 34.Qd2 Be8 35.Rd8 h4 36.R4d6 Rc7
37.gxh4 Bxh4 38.Ng3 Bxg3 39.fxg3 Kg7 40.Qd4 Qh8 41.Nh5+ Rxh5 42.Qxf6+ Kf8
43.Rxe8+  1-0

[Event "Kasparov Cup"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Batsanin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6 4.f4 Qa5 5.Bd3 e5 6.Nf3 exd4 7.Nxd4 Qb6 8.Be2 Be7
9.O-O O-O 10.a3 Bd7 11.Be3 c5 12.e5 cxd4 13.Bxd4 Qd8 14.exf6 Bxf6 15.Bxf6 Qxf6
16.Nd5 Qxb2 17.Qd3 Nc6 18.c3 Bf5 19.Qxf5 Qxe2 20.Rae1 Qc4 21.Re3 Qc5 22.Kh1 g6
23.Rg3 Kh8 24.Qf6+ Kg8 25.Qg5 f6 26.Nxf6+ Kg7 27.Nd5 Rae8 28.Rh3 Rf7 29.Qh6+ Kg8
30.Nf6+ Rxf6 31.Qxh7+ Kf8 32.Qh8+ Ke7 33.Rh7+ Rf7 34.Re1+ Ne5 35.Rxf7+ Kxf7
36.Qh7+ Kf6 37.fxe5+ Rxe5 38.Rf1+ Rf5 39.Qh8+ Kf7 40.Re1 Re5 41.Rf1+ Rf5
42.Qh7+ Kf6 43.Qh4+ Kf7 44.Qh7+ Kf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Kasparov Cup"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2330"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Bg4 4.O-O Nd7 5.d3 Ngf6 6.Nbd2 e5 7.e4 dxe4 8.dxe4 Be7
9.h3 Bh5 10.Qe2 O-O 11.b3 Qc7 12.Bb2 b5 13.g4 Bg6 14.Nh4 Rfe8 15.Nf5 Bf8
16.a4 a6 17.Bf3 Nc5 18.h4 Ne6 19.Ng3 h6 20.Rfd1 Bc5 21.Kh2 Nf4 22.Qe1 Qe7
23.Qf1 Nh7 24.g5 hxg5 25.h5 g4 26.Bxg4 Qh4+ 27.Bh3 Bxh5 28.Nxh5 Qxh5 29.Kg3 Ne2+
30.Kg2 Ng5 31.Bf5 g6 32.Bd7 Re7 33.Bxc6 Qh3+  0-1

[Event "Kasparov Cup"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gaprindashvili, Valerian"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2245"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6 4.g3 Nbd7 5.Bg2 e5 6.Nge2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.a4 Qc7
9.h3 Re8 10.Be3 b6 11.g4 Ba6 12.Re1 Nf8 13.Ng3 Ng6 14.g5 Nd7 15.Nf5 Bf8 16.Qd2 Ne7
17.Ng3 Rad8 18.Rad1 Bb7 19.d5 cxd5 20.exd5 a6 21.Be4 Ng6 22.f3 Nc5 23.Qh2 Nxe4
24.fxe4 Bc8 25.Rf1 Nf4 26.Bxf4 exf4 27.Rxf4 g6 28.Rdf1 Bg7 29.Qg2 Rf8 30.Kh2 Qe7
31.Rf6 Qe5 32.Qd2 h6 33.h4 Bxf6 34.gxf6 Kh7 35.Qe3 Bd7 36.Rf2 b5 37.a5 b4
38.Nd1 Rc8 39.Qa7 Bb5 40.Ne3 Qxb2 41.Ng4 Rxc2 42.Qe7 Rxf2+ 43.Kh3 Rf3 44.Nh2 Rxg3+
45.Kxg3 Qe5+  0-1

[Event "Kasparov Cup"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zakharov, Alexander S"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2330"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 d6 4.d4 Nf6 5.Bd3 Bg4 6.d5 Bxf3 7.Qxf3 Ne5 8.Bb5+ Ned7
9.Bg5 a6 10.Ba4 b5 11.Bc2 g6 12.O-O Bg7 13.Qe2 O-O 14.a4 Qb6 15.Nd2 Rab8
16.Be3 Qc7 17.axb5 axb5 18.Ra6 b4 19.f4 Qb7 20.Ba4 bxc3 21.bxc3 Ra8 22.Rxa8 Qxa8
23.Bc6 Qa5 24.Nc4 Qa6 25.Re1 Nb8 26.e5 Nfd7 27.exd6 Nxc6 28.dxc6 Qxc6 29.dxe7 Re8
30.Bd2 Bf6 31.Qe4 Qxe4 32.Rxe4 Rxe7 33.Rxe7 Bxe7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Ubeda op"]
[Site "Ubeda"]
[Date "1998.01.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Savchenko, Stanislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "D00"]

1.d4 d5 2.Bg5 f6 3.Bh4 Nh6 4.e3 Nf5 5.Bg3 h5 6.Bd3 h4 7.Qf3 e6 8.Bf4 g5 9.g4 Nh6
10.Bxc7 Qxc7 11.Qxf6 Qg7 12.Qf3 Bd6 13.Nd2 Rf8 14.Qg2 Nc6 15.a3 Bd7 16.c4 O-O-O
17.Rc1 Kb8 18.h3 Nxd4 19.exd4 Qxd4 20.Ke2 Qe5+ 21.Kf1 Qxb2 22.Rc2 Qxa3 23.Ke2 Ba4
24.Ngf3 Bxc2 25.Bxc2 Qc3  0-1

[Event "Novgorod op"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1999.03.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lastin, Alexander"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2359"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.h3 Bxf3 6.Qxf3 e5 7.Be3 Nbd7 8.g4 g6
9.O-O-O Bg7 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.g5 Nh5 12.Bc4 Nf4 13.Bxf4 exf4 14.Qxf4 Qe7 15.Bxf7+ Kd8
16.e5 Bxe5 17.Qc4 Qxg5+ 18.Kb1 Rc8 19.Ne4 Qe7 20.Nc5 Rc7 21.Be6 b5 22.Qb4 Rf8
23.Bxd7  1-0

[Event "Novgorod op"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1999.03.19"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Popov, Valerij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2359"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[ECO "D00"]

1.d4 d5 2.Bg5 f6 3.Bf4 c5 4.e3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 cxd4 7.exd4 e6 8.c3 Bd6
9.Bg3 Nge7 10.Nh4 Bxe2 11.Qxe2 Kf7 12.O-O g5 13.Nf3 Ng6 14.Nbd2 h5 15.Ne1 Bf4
16.Nb3 Qd6 17.Rd1 Rag8 18.Nd3 b6 19.Rfe1 Nce7 20.a4 a5 21.Nd2 Nf5 22.Nb1 h4
23.Bxf4 Nxf4 24.Nxf4 gxf4 25.h3 Rg6 26.Nd2 Rhg8 27.Qf3 Rxg2+ 28.Qxg2 Rxg2+
29.Kxg2 Qc6 30.Nf3 Qxa4 31.Rd2 Nd6 32.Rde2 Ne4 33.Nd2 Qc6 34.Kg1 Ng5 35.Kh2 f3
36.Re3 Qd6+ 37.Kh1 Qf4 38.Rf1 Qf5  0-1

[Event "Novgorod op"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1999.03.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Tetradze, Natalia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2359"]
[BlackElo "2090"]
[ECO "E45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Ne2 Ba6 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.Nxc3 d5 8.Qf3 O-O
9.b3 c5 10.dxc5 bxc5 11.Be2 Nc6 12.O-O Na5 13.Rb1 Rb8 14.cxd5 Bxe2 15.Qxe2 Nxd5
16.Qc2 Nxc3 17.Qxc3 Qb6 18.b4 cxb4 19.Rxb4 Qc6 20.Qxc6 Nxc6 21.Ra4 Rb7 22.e4 Rd8
23.Be3 e5 24.Rc1 f6 25.g3 Nd4 26.Kg2 Kf7 27.Rcc4 Rbd7 28.h3 g5 29.Kf1 h5
30.Bxd4 exd4 31.Ke2 d3+ 32.Kd2 g4 33.h4 Rb8 34.Rab4 Rbd8 35.Rb3 Kg6 36.Rb5 Rd4
37.Rbb4 R4d7 38.Rb5 Rd4 39.Rbb4 R4d7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Novgorod op"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1999.03.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Levada, I."]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2359"]
[ECO "D34"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.g3 Nc6 6.Bg2 Nf6 7.O-O Be7 8.Nc3 O-O
9.b3 Bg4 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.Bb2 a6 12.Rc1 Ba7 13.Na4 Ne4 14.Nd4 Qe8 15.Nxc6 bxc6
16.Ba3 h5 17.Qc2 h4 18.Bxf8 Kxf8 19.Bxe4 dxe4 20.Nc5 Bf5 21.Rfd1 Qe7 22.b4 a5
23.a3 axb4 24.axb4 Re8 25.Qd2 Bb8 26.Nd7+ Bxd7 27.Qxd7 Qg5 28.Rc5 Be5 29.Qh3 hxg3
30.hxg3 Qf6 31.Qh8+ Ke7 32.Qh4 Qxh4 33.gxh4 Bd6 34.Rxc6 Rd8 35.Kg2 Bxb4 36.Rc7+  1-0

[Event "Novgorod op"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1999.03.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Makovetsky, B."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2359"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A44"]

1.d4 c5 2.d5 e5 3.c4 d6 4.e4 Nd7 5.Nc3 a6 6.a4 b6 7.Be3 g6 8.Qd2 Bg7 9.Bd3 Ne7
10.Nge2 h6 11.a5 bxa5 12.O-O Rb8 13.Ra2 f5 14.exf5 gxf5 15.f3 Nf6 16.Kh1 Rb4
17.Ra3 f4 18.Bf2 Nf5 19.Rb1 Nd4 20.Na2 Rb8 21.Bg6+ Ke7 22.Nxd4 cxd4 23.Rxa5 Qc7
24.Nb4 Rb6 25.b3 Bb7 26.Re1 Kf8 27.Ra3 Qc5 28.Ra4 h5 29.Nd3 Qc8 30.Nxf4 Bh6
31.Qa5 Bxf4 32.Qxb6 Kg7 33.Bd3 Qd7 34.Ra2 h4 35.Rae2 Nh5 36.Bxd4 Ng3+ 37.hxg3 hxg3+
38.Kg1 Qe7 39.Re4 Qh4 40.Qxb7+ Kf6 41.Rxf4+ Qxf4 42.Bxe5+ dxe5 43.Qc6+ Ke7
44.Qc7+ Kf6 45.Qc6+ Kf7 46.Qe6+  1-0

[Event "Novgorod op"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1999.03.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nalesny, I."]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2359"]
[ECO "B01"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nxd5 4.d4 g6 5.c3 Bg7 6.Bd3 O-O 7.O-O Nc6 8.Re1 h6
9.Na3 e6 10.Nc4 b6 11.Bd2 Nce7 12.Qc1 Kh7 13.h4 h5 14.Nce5 Nf6 15.Bg5 Bb7
16.Qc2 Nf5 17.Re2 Kg8 18.Rae1 Bd5 19.a3 a6 20.Be4 Bxe4 21.Rxe4 Qd5 22.R4e2 b5
23.Nd3 Rfe8 24.Bf4 Ra7 25.Nc5 Nd7 26.Ne4 a5 27.Qd2 Nf6 28.Nxf6+ Bxf6 29.Be5 Be7
30.Re4 c6 31.Qe2 Rd7 32.g3 Bd8 33.Bf4 Bf6 34.Ne5 Rc7 35.Bg5 Bg7 36.Bf4 Rcc8
37.Qf3 Rcd8 38.Bc1 Rc8 39.Nd3 Qd7 40.Nc5 Qd6 41.Bf4 Qe7 42.Qe2 Nd6 43.Bxd6 Qxd6
44.Nd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Novgorod op"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1999.03.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Tuturin, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2359"]
[BlackElo "2248"]
[ECO "A84"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.Bf4 Bd6 6.Bxd6 Qxd6 7.e3 Nf6 8.Bd3 O-O
9.O-O Ne4 10.Bxe4 fxe4 11.Nd2 Nd7 12.Qb3 Nf6 13.h3 Kh8 14.f3 exf3 15.Nxf3 b6
16.Qa4 Bd7 17.Qc2 Be8 18.Ne5 Nd7 19.Rxf8+ Nxf8 20.Rf1 Ng6 21.Qf2 Kg8 22.Nf3 Qe7
23.Qe2 Nh4 24.Ne5 Ng6 25.Nf3 Nh4 26.Ne5 Ng6 27.Ng4 e5 28.Nxe5 Nxe5 29.dxe5 Bf7
30.cxd5 cxd5 31.Qf3 Rd8 32.Nb5 Bg6 33.Nd4 Be4 34.Qf4 g5 35.Qg3 Re8 36.e6 Rf8
37.Rxf8+ Kxf8 38.Qe5 Qe8 39.Qd6+ Qe7 40.Qe5 Qe8 41.Qf6+ Kg8 42.e7 Qf7 43.Qxg5+ Bg6
44.Qe5 a5 45.Nf5  1-0

[Event "Novgorod op"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1999.03.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karpatchev, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2477"]
[BlackElo "2359"]
[ECO "B01"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.d3 c6 6.Bd2 Qc7 7.Qe2 Nbd7 8.d4 Nb6
9.Bb3 Bf5 10.Nf3 e6 11.Ne5 O-O-O 12.g4 Bg6 13.Bf4 Bd6 14.h4 Nbd5 15.Bg5 Nxc3
16.bxc3 h6 17.Nxg6 fxg6 18.Bxe6+ Kb8 19.Bd2 Rde8 20.Kf1 Re7 21.Re1 Rhe8 22.Qc4 Bf4
23.g5 Nh5 24.gxh6 gxh6 25.d5 Bxd2 26.Rb1 cxd5 27.Qxd5  0-1

[Event "Novgorod op"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1999.03.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Evseev, Denis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2359"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[ECO "D13"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Bf4 e6 7.e3 Nh5 8.Bg5 Qb6
9.Rb1 h6 10.Bh4 g5 11.Bg3 Nxg3 12.hxg3 Bg7 13.Bd3 g4 14.Nd2 h5 15.Nb3 Kf8
16.a3 e5 17.dxe5 d4 18.exd4 Nxd4 19.Nxd4 Qxd4 20.Be4 Bxe5 21.Qxd4 Bxd4 22.Rd1 Bf6
23.Rd5 h4 24.gxh4 Be6 25.Rd2 Re8 26.Kf1 Rh5 27.f3 g3 28.Ne2 Bc4 29.Ke1 Bxh4
30.Kd1 Rh6 31.Nxg3 Bb3+ 32.Bc2 Bxg3  0-1

[Event "Novgorod op"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1999.03.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vokarev, Sergey"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2462"]
[BlackElo "2359"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6 4.f4 Qa5 5.Bd3 e5 6.dxe5 dxe5 7.f5 b5 8.Nf3 Nbd7
9.Qe2 a6 10.Bd2 Qb6 11.Nd1 Bb7 12.a4 Bd6 13.b4 c5 14.axb5 axb5 15.Rxa8+ Bxa8
16.Bxb5 cxb4 17.Nb2 O-O 18.Bxd7 Nxd7 19.Nc4 Qc7 20.Nxd6 Qxd6 21.Qc4 Rb8 22.O-O Nf6
23.Re1 h6 24.h3 Qb6+ 25.Kh2 Qb5 26.Qc7 Re8 27.Ra1 Bxe4 28.Ra7 Bd5 29.Nxe5 Qe2
30.Nf3 Kh7 31.Qg3 Bxf3 32.Rxf7 Qxg2+ 33.Qxg2 Bxg2 34.Bxb4 Re2 35.Kg3 Nh5+  0-1

[Event "EU-ch U16"]
[Site "Litohoto"]
[Date "1999.09.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tsiamis, Konstantinos"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2150"]
[BlackElo "2387"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Be3 Nbd7 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Be7 8.h3 Bh5
9.Nh4 Bg6 10.Nxg6 hxg6 11.a4 O-O 12.f4 exf4 13.Bxf4 Qc7 14.Bf3 Rfe8 15.Qd2 Bf8
16.Rae1 a6 17.Kh1 c5 18.dxc5 Qxc5 19.Nd5 Ne5 20.Nxf6+ gxf6 21.c3 Qc4 22.Bxe5 Rxe5
23.Bd1 Kg7 24.Bc2 Be7 25.Qd1 Qa2 26.Qb1 Qe6 27.Qd1 Qa2 28.Qb1 Qxb1 29.Bxb1 Rc8
30.Rd1 Rc6 31.Rd4 Rb6 32.Rd2 Bd8 33.Rfd1 Bc7 34.Bd3 Ra5 35.Ra1 Rc6 36.b4 Re5
37.Rc1 Bb6 38.Rdd1 Be3 39.Rc2 Re6 40.g3 Kf8 41.Kg2 Ke7 42.Kf3 Bb6 43.Kg2 a5
44.b5 Rc8 45.c4 Re5 46.Rcc1 Be3 47.Rc3 Bd4 48.Rcc1 Re8 49.Be2 Bc5 50.Bf3 Bb4
51.Rd5 Rc8 52.Rxe5+ dxe5 53.Kf1 Bc5 54.h4 Be3 55.Rc2 Kd6 56.h5 Kc5 57.Bg4 Rd8
58.Ke2 Bd4 59.hxg6 fxg6 60.Be6 Rh8 61.Kd3 Rh1 62.Ra2 b6 63.Kc2 Re1 64.Bd5 Rg1
65.Ra3 Rg2+ 66.Kb1 Rf2 67.Bf7 g5 68.Be6 Kb4 69.Ra2 Rf1+ 70.Kc2 Re1 71.Bf5 Re2+
72.Kb1 Re3 73.g4 Kb3 74.Rc2 Re1+ 75.Rc1 Rxc1+ 76.Kxc1  0-1

[Event "EU-ch U16"]
[Site "Litohoto"]
[Date "1999.09.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Markos, Jan"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2248"]
[BlackElo "2387"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bxe7 Nxe7 7.dxc5 Qa5+ 8.Nc3 Nbc6
9.e3 Qxc5 10.Be2 O-O 11.O-O Be6 12.Rc1 Qb4 13.Qd2 Rad8 14.Rfd1 a6 15.Nd4 Nxd4
16.Qxd4 Qxd4 17.exd4 Rc8 18.Bf3 Rc6 19.Ne2 Rfc8 20.Rxc6 bxc6 21.Rc1 Rb8 22.b3 g5
23.g3 Bf5 24.Nc3 Rb4 25.Rd1 a5 26.Na4 Be6 27.g4 Ng6 28.Nc5 Nf4 29.a3 Rb8
30.Rd2 Re8 31.Nd3 Ng6 32.Bd1 Bc8 33.Re2 Kf8 34.f3 Rxe2 35.Bxe2 Ke7 36.Kf2 f5
37.f4 h6 38.gxf5 Bxf5 39.Ne5 Nxe5 40.fxe5 Bc2 41.b4 axb4 42.axb4 Bg6 43.b5  1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch U16"]
[Site "Litohoto"]
[Date "1999.09.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Werle, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2387"]
[BlackElo "2216"]
[ECO "E48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.Ne2 dxc4 7.Bxc4 e5 8.O-O exd4
9.exd4 Nbd7 10.a3 Be7 11.Nf4 Nb6 12.Ba2 c6 13.Be3 Bf5 14.h3 Qd7 15.Qf3 Rad8
16.Rfd1 Nfd5 17.Ncxd5 Nxd5 18.Nxd5 cxd5 19.Rdc1 Be4 20.Qd1 Bd6 21.f3 Bg6
22.Qd2 Qb5 23.Re1 Rc8 24.Rac1 Rxc1 25.Qxc1 Re8 26.Bf2 Rxe1+ 27.Bxe1 h6 28.Qd2 b6
29.g4 Be7 30.Bf2 Qc6 31.Kg2 h5 32.Qe2 Bd6 33.Bg3 Bxg3 34.Kxg3 Qc2 35.Qf2 Qc6
36.Qe3 hxg4 37.hxg4 Qc7+ 38.Qf4 Qc2 39.Bxd5 Qb1 40.Qe3 Qxb2 41.f4 Qb5 42.Qe5 Qd3+
43.Kh4 Qxa3 44.f5  1-0

[Event "EU-ch U16"]
[Site "Litohoto"]
[Date "1999.09.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Pinter, Gabor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2387"]
[BlackElo "2332"]
[ECO "A80"]

1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bg5 h6 4.Bf4 Nf6 5.Nb5 Na6 6.c4 e6 7.e3 Bb4+ 8.Nc3 O-O
9.Bd3 c5 10.Ne2 b6 11.a3 Bxc3+ 12.Nxc3 Bb7 13.O-O Nc7 14.Be5 Qe7 15.b3 Rfd8
16.h3 Rac8 17.Qe2 Nce8 18.a4 a5 19.Rac1 Nd6 20.Rfd1 Nfe4 21.f3 Nxc3 22.Rxc3 Nf7
23.Bg3 Qf6 24.cxd5 exd5 25.Ba6 Bxa6 26.Qxa6 h5 27.Rdc1 Ra8 28.Qd3 cxd4 29.Qxd4 Qxd4
30.exd4 Rd7 31.Rc8+ Rxc8 32.Rxc8+ Kh7 33.Rc7 Rxc7 34.Bxc7 Ng5 35.Bxb6 Ne6
36.Kf2  1-0

[Event "EU-ch U16"]
[Site "Litohoto"]
[Date "1999.09.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Grigoriants, Sergey"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2413"]
[BlackElo "2387"]
[ECO "C09"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Ngf3 Nc6 6.Bb5 Bd6 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.O-O Ne7
9.Nb3 Bd6 10.h3 O-O 11.Re1 h6 12.Bd2 Ng6 13.Bc3 Nf4 14.Nbd4 Bd7 15.Ne2 Nxe2+
16.Rxe2 a6 17.Bxc6 bxc6 18.Qd4 f6 19.Bb4 Qc7 20.Bc5 Rfe8 21.Rae1 Rxe2 22.Rxe2 Re8
23.Rxe8+ Bxe8 24.Bxd6 Qxd6 25.b4 Bg6 26.c3 Be4 27.Nd2 Bc2 28.Nc4 Qe6 29.Ne3 Ba4
30.Qd3 Bb5 31.Qg6 Qf7 32.Qg4 h5 33.Qc8+ Kh7 34.Nf5 Bd3 35.Ne3 Bb5 36.Nf5 Bd3
37.Nd4 Qe7 38.Qe6 Qxe6 39.Nxe6 Kg8 40.h4 Bb5 41.Nf4 Kf7 42.Nxh5 g6 43.Ng3 Ke6
44.f4 d4 45.f5+ gxf5 46.cxd4 f4 47.Ne4 Kf5 48.Nc3 Kg4 49.a4 Bd3 50.d5 cxd5
51.Nxd5 Kxh4 52.Nxf4 Bc4 53.Kf2 Kg4 54.Ne2 f5 55.Nc3 Kf4 56.a5 Ke5 57.b5 Kd6
58.b6 Be6 59.Ke3 Bc8 60.Kd4 Bb7 61.g3 Bf3 62.Na2 Kc6 63.Nb4+ Kb5 64.Nd5 Kc6
65.Ne7+ Kb5 66.Nxf5 Kxa5 67.Kc5 Ka4 68.Nd4 Bb7 69.g4  1-0

[Event "EU-ch U16"]
[Site "Litohoto"]
[Date "1999.09.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2384"]
[BlackElo "2387"]
[ECO "B01"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Nxd5 4.Nf3 g6 5.c4 Nb6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.c5 Nd5 8.Bc4 Nxc3
9.bxc3 O-O 10.O-O b6 11.Ng5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1999.09.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Kose, Serkan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2387"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D36"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 O-O 7.Bd3 c6 8.Qc2 h6
9.Bh4 Re8 10.Nge2 Nbd7 11.f3 b5 12.O-O Bb7 13.Kh1 b4 14.Na4 Rc8 15.Bf5 g5
16.Bf2 c5 17.Nxc5 Bxc5 18.dxc5 Rxc5 19.Qd2 a5 20.Rac1 Qe7 21.Rxc5 Qxc5 22.Nd4 Ne5
23.Rc1 Qe7 24.b3 Ba6 25.Qc2 Nfd7 26.Qd2 Nc5 27.Bg1 Ne6 28.h3 Rc8 29.Rxc8+ Bxc8
30.Qc2 Bd7 31.Bxe6 Bxe6 32.Bh2 Bd7 33.Qc7 Nd3 34.Bg1 h5 35.Qxa5 g4 36.Qxd5 gxh3
37.Qxh5 hxg2+ 38.Kxg2 Ne5 39.Bh2 Ng6 40.Kf2 Qd8 41.Qd5 Qc8 42.Qd6 Be6 43.Qb8 Qxb8
44.Bxb8 Bd7 45.Bd6 f6 46.Bxb4 Ne5 47.Ke2 Kf7 48.Bd6 Nc6 49.Kd3 Na5 50.Kc3 Bh3
51.a4 Ke8 52.b4 Nb7 53.Bg3 Kd7 54.b5 Nc5 55.a5 Bf1 56.a6 Kc8 57.Kb4 Nxa6+
58.bxa6 Bxa6 59.Bh4  1-0

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1999.09.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2387"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[ECO "E61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.Bf4 d6 6.e3 Nbd7 7.h3 c6 8.Be2 a6
9.O-O b5 10.a3 Bb7 11.Rc1 bxc4 12.Bxc4 c5 13.d5 Nb6 14.b3 Nfd7 15.Qd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1999.09.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Blehm, Pawel"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2479"]
[BlackElo "2387"]
[ECO "C09"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Ngf3 Nc6 6.Bb5 Bd6 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.O-O Ne7
9.Nb3 Bd6 10.Bg5 O-O 11.Bh4 Qb6 12.Bd3 a5 13.c3 a4 14.Nbd4 h6 15.Re1 Bg4
16.Qd2 Rfe8 17.Bc2 Bh5 18.Nxc6 bxc6 19.Ne5 Qc7 20.Bg3 a3 21.b3 Ng6 22.Nxg6 Bxg6
23.Bxg6 fxg6 24.Qd3 Bxg3 25.hxg3 Qf7 26.c4 dxc4 27.Rxe8+ Rxe8 28.bxc4 Rb8
29.Qxa3 Qxc4 30.Qd6 Rf8 31.Qxg6 Rxf2 32.Kxf2 Qd4+ 33.Kf3 Qxa1 34.Qe8+ Kh7
35.Qe4+ Kh8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1999.09.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dervishi, Erald"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2496"]
[BlackElo "2387"]
[ECO "C09"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Bb5+ Nc6 6.Ngf3 Bd6 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.O-O Ne7
9.Nb3 Bd6 10.Bg5 O-O 11.Bh4 Qb6 12.Be2 Nf5 13.Qxd5 Nb4 14.Qd2 Nxh4 15.Nxh4 Rd8
16.Bd3 Nxd3 17.cxd3 Be6 18.Nc1 Be5 19.Rb1 Qd6 20.f4 Bd4+ 21.Kh1 Bf6 22.Nf3 Bf5
23.Rd1 Rd7 24.Qa5 Bg4 25.Ne2 Bxf3 26.gxf3 Re8 27.Qd2 Qd5 28.Kg2 Qxa2 29.Ng3 Bd4
30.Re1 Red8 31.Qc2 g6 32.f5 Qd5 33.fxg6 hxg6 34.Ra1 a6 35.Ra3 Be5 36.Re2 Bg7
37.Qa4 Qd4 38.Qc2 Rd6 39.Qc7 Qb6 40.Qc2 Rc6 41.Qd2 Rdc8 42.Ra1 Qb3 43.Ra3 Qd5
44.Ne4 Rb6 45.d4 Rd8 46.Rd3 Re6 47.Nc3 Rxe2+ 48.Nxe2 b5 49.Nc3 Qc4 50.d5 b4
51.Ne4 b3 52.Qg5 Rd7 53.Rd2 Qc1 54.Qf4 Bxb2 55.Qb8+ Kg7 56.Qxb3 Be5 57.Qa4 Rd8
58.Qxa6 Qe1 59.Qf1 Qh4 60.Qg1 Rh8 61.Kh1 Qf4 62.Qg2 Rb8 63.Qg3 f5 64.Nf2 Qe3
65.Nd1 Rb1 66.Qh4 Qxf3+  0-1

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1999.09.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Svetushkin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2387"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[ECO "D20"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 e6 4.Bxc4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Qf3 c5 7.d5 exd5 8.Nxd5 Be7
9.Bd2 O-O 10.Bc3 Nxd5 11.Bxd5 Qb6 12.Ne2 Nd7 13.O-O Bf6 14.b3 Bxc3 15.Nxc3 Nf6
16.h3 Rb8 17.Qf4 Bd7 18.Rfd1 Rfd8 19.Bf3 Bc6 20.Na4 Bxa4 21.Qxa4 Qc7 22.g3 a5
23.Qb5 b6 24.Kg2 Rxd1 25.Rxd1 Rd8 26.Rxd8+ Qxd8 27.Qc6 Kf8 28.Qb7 Ne8 29.Bd5 Qc7
30.Qa8 Ke7 31.Bf3 g6 32.Qe4+ Kf8 33.a4 h5 34.Qa8 Ke7 35.Qe4+ Kf8 36.Qd5 Ke7
37.Qg5+ Kf8 38.Bd5 Kg7 39.Qh4 Nf6 40.Bf3 Qe5 41.Qc4 Qd6 42.Qc3 Kf8 43.Qc4 Nd7
44.Qa6 Ne5 45.Be4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1999.09.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bunzmann, Dimitrij"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2387"]
[ECO "D34"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.g3 Nc6 6.Bg2 Nf6 7.O-O Be7 8.Nc3 O-O
9.Bg5 cxd4 10.Nxd4 h6 11.Be3 Re8 12.Qc2 Bg4 13.Rad1 Qd7 14.Nxc6 bxc6 15.Bd4 Nh7
16.f3 Bh3 17.Bf2 Bxg2 18.Kxg2 Bf6 19.Ne4 Be7 20.Nc3 Bf6 21.Ne4 Be7 22.Nc5 Bxc5
23.Bxc5 Ng5 24.Rd3 Qh3+ 25.Kg1 Re5 26.Ra3 Rae8 27.Re1 a6 28.Qd3 Qh5 29.Kg2 Qh3+
30.Kg1 Qh5 31.Kg2 Qh3+ 32.Kg1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1999.09.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Vajda, Levente"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2387"]
[BlackElo "2462"]
[ECO "E61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 d6 5.Bg5 O-O 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 Bf5 8.Bd3 Bxd3
9.Qxd3 Nbd7 10.O-O c5 11.d5 a6 12.a4 Re8 13.Rfe1 Qa5 14.Nd2 Qb4 15.Rab1 Nb6
16.b3 Ng4 17.Rec1 Ne5 18.Qc2 e6 19.dxe6 Rxe6 20.a5 Qxa5 21.Ra1 Qb4 22.Na2 Qa5
23.Nc3 Qb4 24.Na2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1999.09.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bakhtadze, Giorgi"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2403"]
[BlackElo "2387"]
[ECO "C00"]

1.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.Qe2 dxe4 4.dxe4 e5 5.Nf3 c6 6.c3 Qc7 7.Qc2 Bg4 8.Be2 Nd7
9.Nbd2 Ngf6 10.Nc4 Bh5 11.a4 Bg6 12.Nfd2 Nc5 13.f3 a5 14.O-O Nfd7 15.Rd1 Be7
16.Nf1 O-O 17.Be3 Rad8 18.Rd2 Ne6 19.Rad1 b6 20.Ng3 Nf4 21.Qb3 Bc5 22.Bxc5 Nxc5
23.Qxb6 Qxb6 24.Nxb6 Rb8 25.Nc4 f6 26.Nxa5 Nxa4 27.Bc4+ Kh8 28.Nxc6 Rxb2
29.Rd8 Be8 30.Ra1 Nxc3 31.Raa8 Rxg2+ 32.Kh1 g6 33.Rxe8 Rxe8 34.Rxe8+ Kg7
35.Nd8 Kh6 36.Rg8 Kg5 37.Ne6+ Kh4 38.Nxf4 Rd2 39.Ng2+ Kh3 40.Bf1 Rb2 41.Rg7  1-0

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1999.09.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Pinski, Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2387"]
[BlackElo "2444"]
[ECO "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.b6 a5 6.Nc3 Ba6 7.Nf3 d6 8.e4 Bxf1 9.Kxf1 Qxb6
10.e5 dxe5 11.Nxe5 g6 12.Qa4+ Nfd7 13.Bg5 Bg7 14.Nxd7 Nxd7 15.Re1 Bf6 16.Bh6 Qxb2
17.Ne4 Kd8 18.d6 Re8 19.h4 exd6 20.Rh3 Qd4 21.Qc2 Kc7 22.Rd3 Qb2 23.Qd1 Bd4
24.Bf4 Rxe4 25.Bg3 Rae8 26.Rxe4 Rxe4 27.Kg1 Ne5 28.Rd2 Qa1  0-1

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1999.09.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Rizouk, Aimen"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2312"]
[BlackElo "2387"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Be3 Qb6 6.Rb1 Qa5 7.h3 Bh5 8.b4 Qc7
9.g4 Bg6 10.Nd2 e5 11.f4 exf4 12.Bxf4 Be7 13.Be2 h6 14.Bf3 Nfd7 15.h4 Nf8
16.Nc4 b5 17.Ne3 Ne6 18.Bg3 a5 19.a3 axb4 20.axb4 Ra3 21.Qd2 Qa7 22.Ne2 Nd7
23.Bf2 Qa8 24.O-O O-O 25.c3 Re8 26.Nf5 Nb6 27.Nxe7+ Rxe7 28.Ng3 Nc4 29.Qc1 Ra2
30.Rd1 Rea7 31.Nf5 R7a3 32.Ne7+ Kh8 33.Nxg6+ fxg6 34.Bg3 Qa4 35.d5 Rc2 36.Qxc2 Qxc2
37.dxe6 Qxc3 38.e7 Ra8 39.Rf1 Re8 40.e5 Nxe5  0-1

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1999.09.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Janssen, Ruud"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2387"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[ECO "D14"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 d5 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bf4 Bf5 7.e3 e6 8.Bb5 Nd7
9.O-O Be7 10.Qb3 h5 11.h3 g5 12.Bh2 g4 13.hxg4 hxg4 14.Ne5 Bd6 15.Bg3 Bxe5
16.dxe5 Qg5 17.Ne2 Qh5 18.f3 gxf3 19.gxf3 Rg8 20.Kf2 Rxg3 21.Kxg3 Qg5+ 22.Kf2 Qh4+
23.Kg1 O-O-O 24.Rf2 Rg8+ 25.Rg2 Rxg2+ 26.Kxg2 Bh3+ 27.Kg1 Qg5+ 28.Kf2 Qg2+
29.Ke1 Qh1+ 30.Kd2 Qxa1 31.f4 Nc5 32.Qa3 Ne4+ 33.Kc2 Bf5 34.Bxc6 Nd6+ 35.Kb3 Qd1+
36.Kb4 Qxe2 37.b3 bxc6 38.exd6 Qb5+ 39.Kc3 a5 40.Kd4 Qb4+ 41.Qxb4 axb4 42.Kc5 Kd7  0-1

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1999.09.29"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Gaprindashvili, Valerian"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2387"]
[ECO "A13"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.b3 c5 5.Bb2 Nc6 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Bb5 Qb6 8.Nc3 Bd6
9.d4 cxd4 10.Qxd4 Qxd4 11.Nxd4 Bd7 12.Rd1 a6 13.Be2 Nxd4 14.Rxd4 Be5 15.Rd2 Rc8
16.Nd1 Bxb2 17.Rxb2 Ke7 18.f3 Bf5 19.g4 Bg6 20.Rd2 Ke6 21.O-O h6 22.Nb2 Rc6
23.Kf2 Rhc8 24.h4 h5 25.g5 Nd7 26.Bd3 Ne5 27.Rfd1 Nxd3+ 28.Nxd3 Bxd3 29.Rxd3 Rc1
30.R1d2 R8c2 31.Rxd5 Rxa2 32.Rd6+ Ke7 33.Rd7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1999.09.30"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2387"]
[ECO "C15"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Ne2 dxe4 5.a3 Be7 6.Nxe4 Nf6 7.Qd3 Nc6 8.Bf4 Nxe4
9.Qxe4 Bf6 10.O-O-O O-O 11.Be5 Bg5+ 12.Bf4 Bf6 13.h4 Qe7 14.Be3 g6 15.Bh6 Re8
16.f4 Qd6 17.h5 Ne7 18.hxg6 fxg6 19.Ng3 Bd7 20.Bc4 Bg7 21.Qf3 Nd5 22.Ne4 Qf8
23.Bxg7 Kxg7 24.Rh4 Qf5 25.Bd3 Rh8 26.Rdh1 h6 27.Nc5 Qf7 28.Rg4 g5 29.Qe4 Nf6
30.Qe5 Rag8 31.fxg5 hxg5 32.Rxg5+ Kf8 33.Rxh8 Rxh8 34.Qxf6 Rh1+ 35.Kd2 Qxf6
36.Nxd7+  1-0

[Event "ARM-ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1999.10.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khachian, Melikset"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2387"]
[ECO "C16"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 Qd7 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 b6 7.Qg4 f5 8.Qg3 Ba6
9.Bxa6 Nxa6 10.Ne2 Nb8 11.Nf4 Kf7 12.Qf3 Ne7 13.Qh5+ Kg8 14.Rg1 Nbc6 15.g4 Rf8
16.a4 Ng6 17.Nxg6 hxg6 18.Qxg6 Rxh2 19.Bf4 Rh3 20.Kd2 Qf7 21.gxf5 Qxg6 22.Rxg6 Rxf5
23.Be3 Kf7 24.Rag1 Rh7 25.c4  1/2-1/2

[Event "ARM-ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1999.10.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Minasian, Ara"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2387"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[ECO "A80"]

1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bg5 d5 4.Bxf6 exf6 5.e3 Be6 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.Nge2 Qd7 8.a3 Ne7
9.h4 h5 10.Nb1 Nc8 11.Nd2 Nd6 12.Nf4 Bf7 13.Qe2 O-O-O 14.b3 g5 15.hxg5 fxg5
16.Nxh5 Ne4 17.Bxe4 dxe4 18.Nc4 Qe8 19.g4 f4 20.Ne5 f3 21.Qf1 Bxh5 22.Qh3 Kb8
23.gxh5 Bg7 24.O-O-O Bxe5 25.dxe5 Rxd1+ 26.Rxd1 Qxe5 27.Kb1 a5 28.Rd4 c5
29.Rd1 a4 30.h6 axb3 31.cxb3 g4 32.Qh4 Ka7 33.Kc2 Rh7 34.Rh1 c4 35.Qd8 cxb3+
36.Kxb3 Qb5+ 37.Ka2 Rd7 38.Qxd7 Qxd7 39.h7 Qe6+ 40.Kb2 Qf6+ 41.Kb3 Qh8 42.Kc4 g3
43.fxg3 f2 44.Kd5 Qxh7  0-1

[Event "ARM-ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1999.10.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Yegiazarian, Arsen"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2504"]
[BlackElo "2387"]
[ECO "C09"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 Nc6 5.exd5 exd5 6.Bb5 Bd6 7.O-O Ne7 8.c4 O-O
9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.Nb3 Bd6 11.cxd5 Nb4 12.Bg5 Nbxd5 13.Re1 Bf5 14.Nbd4 Bg6 15.Bc4 Nb6
16.Bb3 Qd7 17.Bxe7 Bxe7 18.Ne5 Qd6 19.Ne6 Rfe8 20.Nf4 Qxd1 21.Raxd1 Kf8 22.Nfxg6+ fxg6
23.Rd7 Rac8 24.Rxb7  1-0

[Event "ARM-ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1999.10.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Asrian, Karen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2387"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.b3 O-O 8.Bb2 b6
9.Be2 Bb7 10.O-O Re8 11.Rad1 Qe7 12.e4 Nxe4 13.Nxe4 dxe4 14.Qxe4 Rad8 15.Ne5 f5
16.Qe3 Nf6 17.Bf3 c5 18.Bxb7 Qxb7 19.dxc5 Bxc5 20.Bd4 Bd6 21.Rfe1 Qc7 22.f3 Nd7
23.Kf1 Nf6 24.Rd3 Rf8 25.Kg1 Bb4 26.Red1 Rd6 27.Kh1 Rfd8 28.Bb2 Bc5 29.Qe2 Nh5
30.g3 Nf6 31.Kg2 Kf8 32.Bc3 a5 33.Rxd6 Bxd6 34.Bb2 Ke7 35.Nd3 Qc6 36.Re1 Bb4
37.Nxb4 axb4 38.Qe3 Kf7 39.Re2 Rd6 40.Be5 Ng4 41.Qf4 Rd3 42.Bb8 Qa8 43.h4 h6
44.h5 Kg8 45.Bd6 Nf6 46.Rf2 Ng4 47.Re2 e5 48.Qxf5 Ne3+ 49.Rxe3 Rxe3 50.Bxe5 Qe8
51.Bd4 Re2+ 52.Kh3 Qc6 53.Qg4 Re7 54.Kg2 Rf7 55.Be3 Qa8 56.Kh3 Rxf3 57.Bf4 Rf1
58.Qe6+ Kh8 59.Qxb6 Qf3  0-1

[Event "ARM-ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1999.10.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Matikozian, Andranik"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2427"]
[BlackElo "2387"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.g3 d5 2.Bg2 Nf6 3.d3 c6 4.Nd2 e5 5.Ngf3 Qc7 6.O-O Bg4 7.e4 dxe4 8.dxe4 Nbd7
9.h3 Bh5 10.Qe1 Bxf3 11.Nxf3 Be7 12.Nh4 O-O 13.Nf5 Bd8 14.Qe2 g6 15.Nh6+ Kg7
16.h4 Nc5 17.Bf3 Ne6 18.c3 Ng8 19.Nxg8 Kxg8 20.Kg2 h5 21.Rh1 Bf6 22.g4 hxg4
23.Bxg4 Nf4+ 24.Bxf4 exf4 25.h5 Kg7 26.hxg6 fxg6 27.Qf3 Rh8 28.Rad1 Rxh1
29.Rxh1 Rh8 30.Rd1 Rd8 31.Rxd8 Bxd8 32.Qd3 Bf6 33.Kf3 Be5 34.Qd7+ Qxd7 35.Bxd7 Kf7
36.Bc8 b6  1/2-1/2

[Event "ARM-ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1999.10.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2387"]
[ECO "D34"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.g3 Nf6 7.Bg2 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.Bg5 cxd4 10.Nxd4 h6 11.Be3 Re8 12.Rc1 Bf8 13.Nxc6 bxc6 14.Na4 Bd7 15.Bc5 Bxc5
16.Nxc5 Bg4 17.Re1 Qa5 18.h3 Bf5 19.Na4 Rac8 20.Qd4 Be4 21.f3 Bg6 22.Kf2 Nd7
23.b3 Nf8 24.Qc3 Qc7 25.Nc5 Ne6 26.e3 Bf5 27.h4 Qb6 28.Bf1 Re7 29.b4 Rce8
30.a3 Nxc5 31.Qxc5 Bd7 32.Bd3 Re5 33.Re2 Qb8 34.Qd4 Qb6 35.Rc5 Kf8 36.a4 R8e7
37.b5 cxb5 38.axb5 Re8 39.f4 R5e7 40.Rxd5 Qb7 41.e4 Rb8 42.Ra2 Be8 43.Ra6 Kg8
44.e5 Rd7 45.Rad6 Rbd8 46.Qe4 Kf8 47.Qd4 Kg8 48.Bc4 Qc7 49.f5 Kf8 50.f6 gxf6
51.Qf4 fxe5 52.Qxh6+  1-0

[Event "ARM-ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1999.10.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2387"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[ECO "E46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Ne2 d5 6.a3 Be7 7.cxd5 exd5 8.b4 c6
9.Ng3 Re8 10.Bd3 Nbd7 11.O-O a5 12.b5 c5 13.Qf3 Nb6 14.Nf5 Bf8 15.dxc5 Bxc5
16.Bb2 g6 17.Nd4 Bg4 18.Qg3 Bd6 19.f4 Rc8 20.h3 Bd7 21.Qf3 Qe7 22.Rfe1 Rc7
23.Qd1 Qf8 24.Na4 Nc4 25.Bxc4 dxc4 26.Nf3 Ne4 27.Qd4 f6 28.Nc3 Bf5 29.Qd5+ Kh8
30.b6 Rc6 31.Qxa5 Ra8 32.Qd5 Nxc3 33.Bxc3 Bd3 34.Bd4 h6 35.a4 Kh7 36.a5 Ra6
37.Rec1 Qe7 38.Nd2 c3 39.Rxc3 Rxc3 40.Bxc3 Qxe3+ 41.Kh1  1-0

[Event "ARM-ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1999.10.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2387"]
[ECO "D02"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Bg4 4.O-O Nd7 5.d4 Ngf6 6.Nbd2 e6 7.Re1 Bd6 8.e4 dxe4
9.Nxe4 Nxe4 10.Rxe4 Bh5 11.d5 cxd5 12.Qxd5 Nf6 13.Qxb7 Nxe4 14.Qc6+ Kf8 15.Qxe4 Bg6
16.Qe2 Rc8 17.c3 Qc7 18.Nd4 Bc5 19.Be3 h6 20.h4 Bb6 21.h5 Bh7 22.a4 e5 23.Nb5 Qb8
24.Rd1 a6 25.Nd6 Rd8 26.Bxb6 Qxb6 27.Qxe5 Qc7 28.c4 Qe7 29.Qf4 Bc2 30.Rd2 Bxa4
31.c5 Bb3 32.c6 Kg8 33.Kh2 g6 34.hxg6 fxg6 35.Bh3 Kh7 36.Qe3 Qxe3 37.fxe3  1-0

[Event "ARM-ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1999.10.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Nadanian, Ashot"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2387"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[ECO "D23"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 dxc4 4.Qa4+ c6 5.Qxc4 Bf5 6.g3 Nbd7 7.Bg2 Nb6 8.Qb3 Qd5
9.Nbd2 e6 10.O-O Be7 11.Qd1 Rd8 12.b3 Ne4 13.Bb2 Bf6 14.e3 O-O 15.Qe2 Bg6
16.Rac1 Qa5 17.a3 Qh5 18.Rfe1 Rfe8 19.Nxe4 Bxe4 20.Nd2 Qxe2 21.Rxe2 Bxg2
22.Kxg2 e5 23.dxe5 Bxe5 24.Nf3 Bxb2 25.Rxb2 Rd5 26.Rbc2 h6 27.h4 Red8 28.Kf1 Kf8
29.Ke2 Ra5 30.a4 Rad5 31.Rc5 Na8 32.R5c4 Nc7 33.Rb4 Rb8 34.Rd4 a5 35.Rxd5 Nxd5
36.Ne5 Ra8 37.Rc5 Ra6 38.Nc4 Nc3+ 39.Kd3 Nd1 40.f3 Ra8 41.Rxa5 Rd8+ 42.Kc2 Nf2
43.Ra7 Rd7 44.Na5 Nd1 45.e4 Ne3+ 46.Kc3 Nd1+ 47.Kb4  1-0

[Event "ARM-ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1999.10.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2387"]
[ECO "D40"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.a3 a6 7.b3 Be7 8.Bb2 O-O 9.cxd5 exd5
10.Be2 Be6 11.O-O Rc8 12.dxc5 Bxc5 13.Na4 Ba7 14.Rc1 Qe7 15.b4 Ne4 16.Nd2 Rfd8
17.Nb3 d4 18.Nxd4 Nxd4 19.exd4 Rxc1 20.Qxc1 Bxd4 21.Bxd4 Rxd4 22.Qe3 Qd6
23.f3 Nd2 24.Re1 Bd7 25.Nb2 b5 26.Rd1 g6 27.g3 Be6 28.Kf2 Bb3 29.Rc1 Be6
30.Rd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "ARM-ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1999.10.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Nalbandian, Tigran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2387"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[ECO "E61"]

1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg5 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Qc2 c6 8.Be2 e5
9.O-O exd4 10.Nxd4 Nc5 11.Bh4 a5 12.Rfd1 a4 13.Bg3 Re8 14.Bf3 Bg4 15.Bxg4 Nxg4
16.Nf3 Qa5 17.Rab1 Ne5 18.Nxe5 dxe5 19.b4 axb3 20.axb3 Qb4 21.Na4 Ne6 22.Qd2 Qxd2
23.Rxd2 Red8 24.Rdd1 e4 25.Kf1 Rd3 26.Rxd3 exd3 27.c5 Bf8 28.Rd1 Rd8 29.b4 Bg7
30.f3 Ra8 31.Nb6 Ra3 32.Be1 Bf8 33.Nc4 Rb3 34.Na5 Ra3 35.Nxb7 Nc7 36.e4 Nb5
37.Na5 Nd4 38.Nc4 Nc2 39.Nxa3 Ne3+ 40.Kg1 Nxd1 41.Nc4 Bg7 42.e5 Kf8 43.Bd2 f6
44.Kf1  1-0

[Event "Open"]
[Site "Abudhabi UAE"]
[Date "2000.08.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Adnan,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2142"]
[ECO "D35"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Bd3 O-O 8.Nge2 Re8
9.O-O Nf8 10.b4 c6 11.b5 Ne6 12.Bh4 g6 13.bxc6 bxc6 14.Rb1 Ng7 15.Qa4 Bd7
16.Bxf6 Bxf6 17.Rb7 Bc8 18.Rxa7 Rxa7 19.Qxa7 Qd6 20.Rb1 Bd8 21.Qc5 Qf6 22.Nxd5 Qe6
23.Nef4 Qd7 24.Nb6 Bxb6 25.Rxb6 Bb7 26.Qb4 Ba8 27.Rb8 Ne6 28.Nxe6 Qxe6 29.a4 Kg7
30.Rxe8 Qxe8 31.a5 Qe6  1-0

[Event "Open"]
[Site "Abudhabi UAE"]
[Date "2000.08.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Safin,S"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[ECO "D34"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.g3 Nc6 6.Bg2 Nf6 7.O-O Be7 8.Nc3 O-O
9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.a3 Be6 11.b4 Be7 12.Nd4 Nxd4 13.Qxd4 a5 14.bxa5 Qxa5 15.Bb2 Ra6
16.a4 Rc6 17.Rfd1 Bc5 18.Qf4 Bd6 19.Qf3 Be5 20.Nxd5 Bxb2 21.Ne7+ Kh8 22.Nxc6 bxc6
23.Rab1 Qxa4 24.Qxc6 Qxc6 25.Bxc6 Ba3 26.Rd3 Bc5 27.Rb5 Be7 28.Rb7 Bc5 29.Rb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Open"]
[Site "Abudhabi UAE"]
[Date "2000.08.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Vakhidov,T"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2458"]
[ECO "D94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.e3 O-O 6.b4 b6 7.Qb3 Bb7 8.Ba3 c6 9.cxd5 Nxd5
10.Nxd5 cxd5 11.b5 Nd7 12.Be2 Nc5 13.Qd1 Ne4 14.Bb4 Qd7 15.O-O Rfc8 16.Qb3 Nd6
17.a4 Ne4 18.Rfc1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Open"]
[Site "Abudhabi UAE"]
[Date "2000.08.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Annakov,B"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[ECO "D34"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 e6 3.c4 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.g3 Nf6 7.Bg2 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.Na4 Be7 11.Be3 Bg4 12.Rc1 Re8 13.Nc5 Bxc5 14.Bxc5 Qd7 15.Re1 Rac8
16.Bd4 Nxd4 17.Qxd4 Rxc1 18.Rxc1 Rc8 19.Rd1 Qb5 20.Qd2 Qc4 21.b3 Qc2 22.h3 Bxf3
23.Bxf3 h6 24.Kg2 b6 25.h4 h5 26.Qxc2 Rxc2 27.a4 Kf8 28.Rd3 g6 29.Kf1 Rc1+
30.Kg2 Rc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Open"]
[Site "Abudhabi UAE"]
[Date "2000.08.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Kadhi,H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[ECO "D13"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bf4 Ne4 7.e3 Nxc3 8.bxc3 g6
9.Ne5 Qa5 10.Qb3 Bg7 11.Bb5 Bxe5 12.Bxe5 O-O 13.Bg3 Bf5 14.O-O Qd8 15.Bxc6 bxc6
16.Qb7 Qd7 17.Rfb1 Rfd8 18.Rb2 Qxb7 19.Rxb7 Rd7 20.Rxd7 Bxd7 21.Rb1 Kf8 22.Rb7 Ke8
23.a3 Kd8 24.f3 a5 25.Rb6 a4 26.e4 Ra5 27.Kf2 dxe4 28.fxe4 Rb5 29.Ra6 Rb3
30.Rxa4 Rxc3 31.Ra8+ Bc8 32.Bf4 c5 33.dxc5 Rxc5 34.Bd2 Kc7 35.Ke3 Re5 36.Kd3 Bb7
37.Ra4 Re6 38.g3 Rd6+ 39.Ke3 e5 40.Rc4+ Kd7 41.Bb4 Rd1 42.Rc2 Rb1 43.Rd2+ Ke8
44.Re2 Kd7 45.Rd2+ Ke8 46.Re2 Kd7 47.Rd2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Open"]
[Site "Abudhabi UAE"]
[Date "2000.09.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Badjarani,I"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2354"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[ECO "A06"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.b3 Nf6 3.Bb2 c5 4.e3 e6 5.Ne5 Bd6 6.f4 Nbd7 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O b6
9.d3 Bb7 10.Nd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Open"]
[Site "Abudhabi UAE"]
[Date "2000.09.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Abdelnabbi,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2408"]
[ECO "E42"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Ne2 cxd4 6.exd4 d5 7.a3 Be7 8.Nf4 O-O
9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Ncxd5 exd5 11.Bd3 Nc6 12.O-O Bg5 13.Be3 Qd6 14.Nh5 Qh6 15.Qf3 Be6
16.Rad1 Na5 17.Nf4 Rad8 18.Rfe1 Bd7 19.Nxd5 Ba4 20.Rb1 Rd7 21.Bxg5 Qxg5 22.Re5 Qd2
23.Bxh7+ Kxh7 24.Rh5+ Kg8 25.Nf6+ gxf6 26.Qg4+ Qg5 27.Rxg5+ fxg5 28.Qxg5+ Kh7
29.Qxa5  1-0

[Event "Open"]
[Site "Abudhabi UAE"]
[Date "2000.09.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sharif,Me"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[ECO "D34"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.g3 Nc6 6.Bg2 Nf6 7.O-O Be7 8.Nc3 O-O
9.Bg5 cxd4 10.Nxd4 h6 11.Be3 Re8 12.Rc1 Bf8 13.Na4 Ne5 14.Nb5 Nc4 15.Bd4 Bg4
16.Nac3 Ne5 17.Nxa7 Nc6 18.Nxc6 bxc6 19.h3 Bf5 20.a3 Nd7 21.f4 c5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Open"]
[Site "Abudhabi UAE"]
[Date "2000.09.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Dzhumaev,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "A87"]

1.d4 f5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.c4 Bg7 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3 Qe8 8.Nd5 Nxd5
9.cxd5 Qb5 10.Be3 Qxd5 11.Ng5 Qc4 12.Rc1 Qxa2 13.Rxc7 h6 14.Nh3 Nc6 15.Nf4 Kh7
16.d5 Qa5 17.Rxc8 Rfxc8 18.dxc6 bxc6 19.Qb3 d5 20.Ne6 Rab8 21.Qd3 Bxb2 22.Bd4 Qa3
23.Qxa3 Bxa3 24.Bxa7 Rb2 25.Bf3 Ra2 26.Bd4 g5 27.g4 Kg6 28.gxf5+ Kxf5 29.h3 Rb8
30.Bg4+ Kg6 31.f4 Bb2 32.fxg5 hxg5 33.Bxb2 Rbxb2 34.Rf8 Ra1+ 35.Kf2 Kh6 36.Bf5  1-0

[Event "WJun"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "2000.09.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Ovcina,Dennis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 O-O 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 d6 7.e3 c5 8.d5 Qa5 9.Nd2 e5
10.Be2 a6 11.O-O Nbd7 12.a3 Rb8 13.Rb1 b5 14.b4 cxb4 15.axb4 Qc7 16.Qb3 g5
17.Bg3 bxc4 18.Nxc4 Nc5 19.Qc2 Nce4 20.Nxe4 Nxe4 21.Qxe4 f5 22.Qc2 f4 23.h3 fxg3
24.fxg3 Bd7 25.Qg6 Rxf1+ 26.Rxf1 Be8 27.Qe6+ Bf7 28.Qf5 Bxd5 29.Bd3 Bf8 30.Nb6 Be6
31.Qxe6+ Kh8 32.Rf7  1-0

[Event "WJun"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "2000.09.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Jakovenko,D"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[ECO "C12"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bb4 5.e5 h6 6.Bd2 Bxc3 7.bxc3 Ne4 8.Qg4 g6
9.Bd3 Nxd2 10.Kxd2 c5 11.Nf3 Qe7 12.dxc5 Qxc5 13.Nd4 Bd7 14.Rhb1 Nc6 15.Qf4 Na5
16.Nb3 Nxb3+ 17.axb3 Rc8 18.Qd4 a6 19.Qxc5 Rxc5 20.b4 Rc7 21.b5 axb5 22.Ra8+ Bc8
23.Rxb5 Ke7 24.Rb8 Rd8 25.Rb4 Rc6 26.Rh4 Rh8 27.Ra8 Rc7 28.f4 Kf8 29.Rh3 Kg7
30.Be2 h5 31.Rd3 Bd7 32.Rxh8 Kxh8 33.Rd4 Rc5 34.c4 Bc6 35.Bf3 dxc4 36.Bxc6 c3+
37.Kd3 bxc6 38.h4 Kg7 39.g3 Ra5 40.Rc4 Rd5+ 41.Ke4 c5 42.Rxc3 f5+ 43.Ke3 Kf7
44.Rd3 Ke7 45.Rxd5 exd5 46.Kd3 Kd7 47.Kc3 Kc7 48.Kb3 Kc6 49.Ka4 d4 50.Ka5 Kd5
51.Kb5 c4 52.e6 d3 53.e7  1-0

[Event "WJun"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "2000.09.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "De Vreugt,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[ECO "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.b6 e6 6.Nc3 Nxd5 7.Nxd5 exd5 8.Qxd5 Nc6
9.Nf3 Rb8 10.Ne5 Qf6 11.Nxc6 dxc6 12.Qe4+ Be7 13.g3 Bf5 14.Qa4 Qd4 15.Qxd4 cxd4
16.Bg2 Rxb6 17.b3 O-O 18.Bd2 Ba3 19.Bc1 Bd6 20.Bf4 Bxf4 21.gxf4 c5 22.Rc1 Rc8
23.Bd5 a5 24.Rg1 Rd6 25.Bc4 Rh6 26.Rg5 g6 27.Bd3 Bxd3 28.exd3 f5 29.Rg2 Rh4
30.Rc4 Rxf4 31.Ra4 Ra8 32.Rc4 Rb8 33.Kd2 Rc8 34.Ra4 Ra8 35.Rc4 Rc8 36.Ra4  1/2-1/2

[Event "WJun"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "2000.09.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gagunashvili,M"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2321"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[ECO "D34"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.g3 Nf6 7.Bg2 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.Bg5 cxd4 10.Nxd4 h6 11.Be3 Re8 12.Rc1 Bf8 13.Nxc6 bxc6 14.Na4 Bd7 15.Bc5 Bxc5
16.Nxc5 Bg4 17.Re1 Qa5 18.h3 Bf5 19.Qa4 Qd2 20.Qf4 Qxf4 21.gxf4 Rab8 22.b3 g5
23.fxg5 hxg5 24.Rc3 Kg7 25.Kf1 Rb4 26.Rec1 Rh4 27.Rg3 Kh6 28.Nb7 Bd7 29.Nc5 Bf5
30.Nb7 Bd7 31.Nc5 Bf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "WJun"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "2000.09.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Kose,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[ECO "D94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.e3 O-O 6.b4 b6 7.Qb3 Bb7 8.Ba3 Re8
9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Bb5 Rf8 11.Be2 a5 12.b5 Nxc3 13.Qxc3 c5 14.bxc6 Nxc6 15.O-O Re8
16.Bb5 Rc8 17.Qb3 e5 18.d5 a4 19.Qd1 Na5 20.e4 Nc4 21.Bb4 Bf8 22.Qxa4 f5
23.Bxe8 fxe4 24.Bxf8 exf3 25.Qd7 Qxd7 26.Bxd7 Rxf8 27.Bc6 Ba6 28.Rfd1 Nd6
29.gxf3 Rxf3 30.Rab1 Rf4 31.Bd7 b5 32.Rbc1 Bb7 33.Rc7 Ra4 34.Bxb5 Rg4+ 35.Kf1 Re4
36.Rd7 Bc8 37.Rd8+ Kf7 38.f3 Bh3+ 39.Kf2 Rb4 40.Rxd6 Rxb5 41.Rd2 Rb1 42.Ra6 Rf1+
43.Ke2 Rh1 44.Ra7+ Kf6 45.Ke3 Re1+ 46.Kf2 Rf1+ 47.Kg3 Bf5 48.Rxh7 Re1 49.d6 e4
50.d7  1-0

[Event "WJun"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "2000.09.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Halkias,S"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[ECO "D34"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.g3 Nc6 6.Bg2 Nf6 7.O-O Be7 8.Nc3 O-O
9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.Bg5 d4 11.Bxf6 Qxf6 12.Nd5 Qd8 13.Nd2 Re8 14.Rc1 Bb6 15.Nc4 Bg4
16.Re1 Ba5 17.Nxa5 Qxa5 18.b4 Nxb4 19.Qxd4 Nxd5 20.Qxg4 Rad8 21.Red1 Nf6
22.Qc4 b5 23.Qc2 h6 24.Bf3 Rxd1+ 25.Rxd1 b4 26.Rd6 Rd8 27.Rc6 Qe5 28.Kg2 g5
29.h3 Kg7 30.Rc7 Rd7 31.Rc5 Qa1 32.e4 Re7 33.Qc4 Nd7 34.Rf5 Qc3 35.Qa6 Re5
36.Qxa7 Rxf5 37.exf5 Nf6 38.Qa4 Qc5 39.Qb3 Qd4 40.Qd1 Qc3 41.Qb3 Qd4 42.Bc6 Qc5
43.Bb7 Qb5 44.Bf3 Qc5 45.Qd3 Qa5 46.Qc4 Qa4 47.Kg1 Qa7 48.Bd1 Qe7 49.Bb3 Nd7
50.Qd4+ Kg8 51.Kf1 Nf6 52.Qc4 Kg7 53.Qd4 Kg8 54.g4 Kg7 55.Qe3 Qb7 56.Ke2 Qb5+
57.Ke1 Qb7 58.Kd2 Qd7+ 59.Qd3 Qc7 60.Ke2 Qe7+ 61.Qe3 Qd6 62.Qd3 Qe5+ 63.Kf1 Qa1+
64.Kg2 Qe5 65.Qc4 Qe7 66.Qd4 Kg8 67.Kf1 Kg7 68.f3 Qb7 69.Ke2 Qb8 70.Kd3 Qb5+
71.Qc4 Qd7+ 72.Kc2 Qe7 73.Qd4 Qe2+ 74.Qd2 Qb5 75.Qd3 Qe5 76.Bc4 Nd7 77.Qxd7 Qc3+
78.Kb1 Qxc4 79.Qd1 Qc3 80.Qe2 Kg8 81.Qe8+ Kg7 82.Qe2 Kg8 83.Qd1 Qc4 84.Qb3 Qf1+
85.Kb2 Qe2+ 86.Kc1 Qe1+ 87.Kc2 Qe2+ 88.Kc1 Qe1+ 89.Qd1 Qc3+ 90.Kb1 Qc4 91.f6 Qc3
92.Qd8+ Kh7 93.Qd5 Qe1+ 94.Kc2 Qc3+ 95.Kb1 Qe1+ 96.Kc2 Qc3+ 97.Kd1 Qa1+ 98.Kd2 Qc3+
99.Ke2 Qb2+ 100.Ke3 Qc1+ 101.Ke4 Qe1+ 102.Kd3 Qc3+ 103.Ke2 Qb2+ 104.Ke3 Qc1+
105.Qd2 Qc5+ 106.Qd4 Qc1+ 107.Qd2 Qc5+ 108.Ke4 Qc4+ 109.Ke3 Qc5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "WJun"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "2000.09.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Zhang Pengxiang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[ECO "A70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.h3 Bg7 8.Nf3 O-O
9.Bd3 a6 10.a4 Nbd7 11.O-O Re8 12.Re1 Qe7 13.Bf4 Qf8 14.Qd2 Nh5 15.Be3 h6
16.Rab1 b6 17.b4 f5 18.exf5 gxf5 19.Qc2 Ne5 20.Nxe5 Bxe5 21.Bd2 Ra7 22.a5 b5
23.bxc5 dxc5 24.Nxb5 axb5 25.Bxb5 Bd7 26.Bxd7 Rxd7 27.Rb6 Rxd5 28.a6 Bc7
29.Qc4 Rxe1+ 30.Bxe1 Bxb6 31.Qxd5+ Qf7 32.Qc6 Ba7 33.Qxh6 Qh7 34.Qc6 Qf7
35.Bc3 Nf4 36.Qa8+ Kh7 37.Qh8+ Kg6 38.Bd2 Qc7 39.Qg8+ Kf6 40.Bc3+ Ke7 41.Qg7+ Kd8
42.Qxc7+ Kxc7 43.Be5+ Kb6 44.Bxf4 Kxa6 45.g4 fxg4 46.hxg4 Bb6 47.Be5  1-0

[Event "WJun"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "2000.09.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sasikiran,K"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[ECO "D34"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.g3 Nf6 7.Bg2 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.Bg5 cxd4 10.Nxd4 h6 11.Bf4 Bg4 12.h3 Be6 13.Rc1 Qd7 14.Nxe6 fxe6 15.e4 d4
16.e5 dxc3 17.exf6 Qxd1 18.Rfxd1 Bxf6 19.bxc3 Rad8 20.Re1 g5 21.Be3 Ne5 22.Rc2 Nd3
23.Rb1 b6 24.Bf1 Ne5 25.Be2 Rc8 26.Rb4 Nd7 27.Bg4 Rfe8 28.Re4 Rxc3 29.Rxe6 Rxc2
30.Rxe8+ Nf8 31.Ra8 Rc7 32.h4 Kg7 33.hxg5 hxg5 34.Kg2 Nd7 35.Be6 Ne5 36.Rg8+ Kh7
37.Bxg5 Nf7 38.Bf4 Re7 39.Rf8 Kg7 40.Rxf7+ Rxf7 41.Bxf7 Kxf7 42.Kf3 b5 43.Bd2 Bd8
44.Ke4 Ke6 45.f4 a5 46.f5+ Kd6 47.g4  1-0

[Event "WJun"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "2000.09.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Lopez Martinez,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2477"]
[ECO "E46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Ne2 d5 6.a3 Be7 7.cxd5 exd5 8.b4 Re8
9.Ng3 Bf8 10.Bd3 a5 11.b5 g6 12.O-O Bg7 13.Qb3 b6 14.a4 Bb7 15.Nge2 Nbd7
16.Nf4 Nf8 17.Ba3 Bh6 18.Nfe2 Ne6 19.Rac1 Qd7 20.Rc2 Rac8 21.Nb1 Ng5 22.Ng3 Bg7
23.Nd2 h5 24.Re1 h4 25.Ngf1 Qg4 26.f3 Nh3+ 27.Kh1 Nf2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "WJun"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "2000.09.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Svetushkin,D"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[ECO "C00"]

1.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.Qe2 Be7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.g3 dxe4 6.dxe4 e5 7.Bg2 c6 8.O-O Qc7
9.b3 Bg4 10.Bb2 Nbd7 11.h3 Bh5 12.Nbd2 O-O 13.a4 Rfe8 14.Nc4 Bf8 15.Rfd1 Rac8
16.g4 Bg6 17.Nh4 Nb6 18.Nd2 Nbd7 19.Nf5 b5 20.Nf1 a6 21.Qe3 Bc5 22.Qg3 Bxf5
23.exf5 Nb6 24.axb5 axb5 25.Ne3 h6 26.h4 Nbd5 27.Bxd5 cxd5 28.Nxd5 Nxd5 29.Rxd5 Qc6
30.Rxe5 Bd6 31.Rxe8+ Rxe8 32.Qc3 Qxc3 33.Bxc3 Re4 34.Ra8+ Kh7 35.Rd8 Rxg4+
36.Kf1 Be7 37.Rd7 Bxh4 38.Rxf7 Kg8 39.Rd7 b4 40.Bd2 Kf8 41.f3 Rg3 42.Bxb4+ Ke8
43.Rd3 Bd8 44.Be1  1-0

[Event "WJun"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "2000.09.30"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Skytte,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2323"]
[ECO "D20"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 Nf6 4.Bxc4 e6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Qf3 Nc6 7.Nge2 Bd6 8.O-O O-O
9.h3 Qe7 10.e4 e5 11.Bg5 Nb4 12.d5 h6 13.Bh4 g5 14.Bg3 a5 15.Rac1 Bd7 16.a3 Na6
17.Nb5 Nc5 18.Nec3 a4 19.Rfe1 Ra5 20.Qe2 Bxb5 21.Bxb5 Ncxe4 22.Nxe4 Nxe4
23.Qxe4 Rxb5 24.Bxe5 Bxe5 25.Qxe5 Qxe5 26.Rxe5 c6 27.Rc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "WJun"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "2000.10.01"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Mahjoob,M"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2337"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[ECO "D33"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.g3 c4 7.Bg2 Bb4 8.O-O Nge7
9.Bd2 O-O 10.Rc1 Bf5 11.Re1 a6 12.a3 Bxc3 13.Bxc3 Be4 14.b3 b5 15.e3 Qd6
16.bxc4 dxc4 17.Bb2 Qd5 18.Nh4 Bxg2 19.Nxg2 f5 20.f3 Qf7 21.Qe2 Rad8 22.Red1 Ng6
23.h4 h5 24.Kh2 Rd7 25.Bc3 Qe7 26.d5 Nce5 27.Bb4 Qf7 28.Bxf8 Qxf8 29.Nf4 Qxa3
30.Nxg6 Nxg6 31.f4 Ne7 32.Qxh5 Rxd5 33.Qe8+ Kh7 34.Qh5+ Kg8  1/2-1/2

[Event "WJun"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "2000.10.02"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Kabanov,N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[ECO "E61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 O-O 5.Bg5 d6 6.e3 c5 7.d5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Bg3 Nh5
10.Bd3 e5 11.dxe6 Nxg3 12.exf7+ Rxf7 13.hxg3 Nc6 14.Bg6 Rf6 15.Be4 Be6 16.Bd5 Qd7
17.Qd2 Raf8 18.O-O Kh8 19.Bxe6 Qxe6 20.Qd5 Qe7 21.Rad1 Re6 22.Qd2 Qf7 23.b3 a6
24.Nd5 Qh5 25.Nh2 Qg6 26.Qd3 Qxd3 27.Rxd3 Ne5 28.Rd2 g4 29.Rfd1 Rd8 30.Nf4 Rf6
31.Rd5 Rb8 32.Nh5 Re6 33.Rxd6 Re7 34.Nf4 Kh7 35.Nd3 h5 36.Nxc5  1-0

[Event "SCCF State Ch"]
[Site "Los Angeles USA"]
[Date "2001.07.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Altounian,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2441"]
[ECO "A84"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Bxd2+ 6.Qxd2 O-O 7.Nc3 Ne4 8.Qc2 Nxc3
9.Qxc3 d6 10.Bg2 Qf6 11.O-O Nc6 12.b4 e5 13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.Rac1 a5 15.a3 axb4
16.axb4 Nxf3+ 17.Qxf3 f4 18.c5 dxc5 19.Rxc5 fxg3 20.hxg3 Qxf3 21.Bxf3 c6
22.Rfc1 Rf5 23.Rxf5 Bxf5 24.b5 cxb5 25.Bxb7 Re8 26.Kf1 Be6  1/2-1/2

[Event "SCCF State Ch"]
[Site "Los Angeles USA"]
[Date "2001.07.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khachian,M"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[ECO "C01"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.e3 exd4 4.exd4 d5 5.Nf3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Bxd2+ 7.Nbxd2 O-O 8.Be2 dxc4
9.Nxc4 Nc6 10.O-O Bg4 11.Nce5 Bxf3 12.Nxf3 Qd6 13.Rc1 Qb4 14.Rc2 Rad8 15.Qc1 Rfe8
16.Rc4 Qb6 17.Bd1 Re7 18.Qc3 Ne4 19.Qa3 Red7 20.Ba4 Nxd4 21.Nxd4 Rxd4 22.Rxd4 Rxd4
23.Bc2 Nd6 24.Qh3 g6 25.Bb3 a5 26.Qd7 Kg7 27.h3 Qc5 28.Re1 Rd2 29.Re3 Qc1+
30.Kh2 Rxf2  0-1

[Event "SCCF State Ch"]
[Site "Los Angeles USA"]
[Date "2001.07.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Peters,Joh"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2462"]
[ECO "A39"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 c5 5.Bg2 cxd4 6.Nxd4 O-O 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.O-O Nxd4
9.Qxd4 d6 10.Qd3 a6 11.Bg5 Rb8 12.a4 Be6 13.b3 Nd7 14.Rab1 Re8 15.Rfc1 Nc5
16.Qc2 Rc8 17.Bd2 Bf5 18.e4 Bd7 19.a5 f5 20.Re1 fxe4 21.b4 Bf5 22.Nxe4 Nxe4
23.Bxe4 Qd7 24.Qd3 e6 25.Bxf5 gxf5 26.Bc3 e5 27.Bd2 e4 28.Qb3 Qf7 29.Rbc1 Rc6
30.Rc2 Rec8 31.Rec1 d5 32.cxd5 Rxc2 33.Rxc2 Rxc2 34.Qxc2 Qxd5 35.Qc8+ Kf7
36.Qc7+ Kg8 37.Qf4 Qe5 38.Qg5 Qd5 39.h3 Qd7 40.g4 fxg4 41.hxg4 h6 42.Qf4 Qd5
43.Be3 Qe5 44.Qxe5 Bxe5 45.Bxh6 Bc3 46.Be3 Bxb4 47.Bb6 Kf7 48.Kf1 Bd2 49.Ke2 Bg5
50.Kd1 Ke6 51.Kc2 Kd5 52.Kb3 Bf6 53.Kb4 Bg5  1/2-1/2

[Event "SCCF State Ch"]
[Site "Los Angeles USA"]
[Date "2001.07.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Yee,K"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2297"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[ECO "C01"]

1.Nc3 d5 2.e4 e6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bb4 5.exd5 exd5 6.Bd3 O-O 7.Ne2 c6 8.O-O Bg4
9.Qd2 Nbd7 10.Ng3 Qb6 11.a3 Bd6 12.Nf5 Bxf5 13.Bxf5 g6 14.Bh3 Rfe8 15.g3 Bf8
16.Rab1 Bg7 17.f3 Re7 18.Be3 Ne8 19.Bf2 Nd6 20.b3 Rae8 21.Rfe1 Nf8 22.Na4 Qc7
23.Nc5 b6 24.Nd3 Nb5 25.c3 Nxa3 26.Rxe7 Rxe7 27.Re1 Nb5 28.g4 Rxe1+ 29.Qxe1 Ne6
30.Bg3 Qd8 31.f4 Nxc3 32.Ne5 Nxd4  0-1

[Event "SCCF State Ch"]
[Site "Los Angeles USA"]
[Date "2001.07.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Matikozian,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2406"]
[ECO "E92"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.Qxd8 Rxd8
9.Bg5 Re8 10.Nd5 Nxd5 11.cxd5 c6 12.Bc4 cxd5 13.Bxd5 Na6 14.Ke2 Nb4 15.Bc4 Be6
16.Rhc1 f5 17.Bxe6+ Rxe6 18.Rc7 b6 19.Be3 Na6 20.Rc4 Rd8 21.Rac1 Red6 22.Ra4 Nb8
23.Rxa7 f4 24.Rcc7 Bf6 25.Bd2 Nc6 26.Ra6 g5 27.h3 h5 28.Bc3 g4 29.hxg4 hxg4
30.Nd2 Nd4+ 31.Bxd4 Rxd4 32.Rc2 f3+ 33.gxf3 gxf3+ 34.Ke1 Be7 35.a3 Rd3 36.Rxb6 Bc5
37.Rb3 Bf8 38.Rbc3 R3d4 39.Nxf3 Rxe4+ 40.Re3 Rxe3+ 41.fxe3 Bg7 42.Ke2 Rb8
43.Kd2  1-0

[Event "SCCF State Ch"]
[Site "Los Angeles USA"]
[Date "2001.07.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hermansen,R"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2165"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[ECO "C03"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Be7 4.Ngf3 Nf6 5.Bd3 O-O 6.O-O c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.exd5 exd5
9.Nb3 Bb6 10.Bg5 Nc6 11.c3 Qd6 12.Qd2 Re8 13.Rae1 Bg4 14.Bf4 Qf8 15.Ne5 Bh5
16.h3 Bg6 17.Nxg6 hxg6 18.Be3 Bc7 19.Bc5 Bd6 20.Bxd6 Qxd6 21.Rxe8+ Rxe8 22.Re1 Rxe1+
23.Qxe1 d4 24.cxd4 Nxd4 25.Qc3 Nc6 26.Nc5 Qe7 27.Bf1 b6 28.Nd3 Qd6 29.Qc4 g5
30.Be2 Nd4 31.Bf1 Nc6 32.Ne1 Qd7 33.Qd3 Qe7 34.Qe2 Qd6 35.Nd3 Qd4 36.Qf3 Qd7
37.Be2 Nd4 38.Qa8+ Kh7 39.Bf1 Qe7 40.Qb8 g6 41.Qe5 Ne6 42.a3 Nd7 43.Qd5 Nf6
44.Qe5  1/2-1/2

[Event "SCCF State Ch"]
[Site "Los Angeles USA"]
[Date "2001.07.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lakdawala,C"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[ECO "A00"]

1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 c5 3.e3 d5 4.Nbd2 Nf6 5.c3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.O-O O-O 8.Re1 b6
9.e4 dxe4 10.Nxe4 Nxe4 11.Bxe4 Rb8 12.Bc2 Bb7 13.Qd3 g6 14.Bh6 Re8 15.Rad1 Bf8
16.Bf4 Rc8 17.dxc5 Nxc5 18.Qe3 Qe7 19.Bd6 Qf6 20.Be5 Qe7 21.Bd6 Qf6 22.Ne5 Bxd6
23.Rxd6 Be4 24.Ng4 Qe7 25.b4 Qxd6 26.Nf6+ Kf8 27.bxc5 Qd8 28.Qh6+ Ke7 29.Nxe4 Qd5
30.Bb3 Qe5 31.f4 Qf5 32.Qh4+ Kf8 33.Qxh7 Red8 34.cxb6 axb6 35.Ng5 Qf6 36.Rxe6 Rd1+
37.Bxd1 fxe6  1-0

[Event "Continental Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2001.07.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lputian,S"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Bg4 4.b3 Nd7 5.Bb2 Ngf6 6.d3 Qc7 7.c4 e5 8.cxd5 cxd5
9.O-O Be7 10.Nc3 d4 11.Nb5 Qd8 12.h3 Be6 13.Rc1 Rc8 14.Qd2 Rc5 15.Rxc5 Bxc5
16.Rc1 a6 17.Na3 Be7 18.Nc4 Qb8 19.e3 dxe3 20.Qxe3 Bc5 21.Qe2 e4 22.Ng5 exd3
23.Qxd3 O-O 24.Na5 b6 25.Nc6 Qd6 26.Qxd6 Bxd6 27.Rd1 Bc7 28.Nd4 Bd5 29.Bxd5 Nxd5
30.Nf5 N5f6 31.Nxg7 Be5 32.Bxe5 Nxe5 33.Nf5 h6 34.Nxh6+ Kg7 35.Nhxf7 Rxf7
36.Nxf7 Nxf7 37.Kg2 b5 38.f4  1-0

[Event "Continental Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2001.07.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Simms,G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D02"]

1.d4 Nc6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Bg5 Bg4 4.e3 Nf6 5.Bxf6 gxf6 6.c4 e5 7.Be2 Bb4+ 8.Nc3 dxc4
9.O-O O-O 10.Bxc4 exd4 11.exd4 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 Qxd4 13.Bb3 Bxc3 14.bxc3 Qh4
15.g3 Qh3 16.Qxf6 Rae8 17.Rfe1 Qh5 18.Qf4 Re5 19.Rxe5 Nxe5 20.Rd1 Nf3+ 21.Kg2 Ng5
22.Rd5 Qh3+ 23.Kg1 h6 24.Qf6 Ne4 25.Qf4 Ng5 26.Qe3 Kg7 27.f4 Ne6 28.Qe5+ Kg8
29.Qf6 Qg4 30.Rd7 Ng5 31.Qg6+ Kh8 32.Qxh6+ Nh7 33.Bc2  1-0

[Event "Continental Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2001.07.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Wojtkiewicz,A"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[ECO "E01"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 e6 3.g3 c5 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.O-O cxd4 6.Nxd4 Bc5 7.Nb3 Bb6 8.c4 Nge7
9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Na3 O-O 11.Nc4 Bc7 12.Nd4 Nxd4 13.Qxd4 Nf4 14.Qxd8 Nxe2+ 15.Kh1 Rxd8
16.Be3 e5 17.b3 Nc3 18.Rfc1 Nd5 19.Bc5 f6 20.Ne3 Nxe3 21.Bxe3 Bb6 22.Rd1 Bg4
23.Rxd8+ Rxd8 24.Bxb6 axb6 25.Bxb7 Rd2 26.Kg2 Be6 27.Bf3 f5 28.Kf1 e4 29.Be2 Rc2
30.h4 Kf7 31.Bc4 Bxc4+ 32.bxc4 Rxc4 33.Rb1 Rc6 34.Rb5 Rf6 35.Ke2 Kg6 36.f3 exf3+
37.Kxf3 Kh5 38.a4 g6 39.a5 bxa5 40.Rxa5 Rb6 41.Ra4 Re6 42.Rb4 Ra6 43.Rc4 Ra3+
44.Kf2 Ra8 45.Kf3 Re8 46.Ra4 Re4 47.Ra7 h6 48.Ra6 Rb4 49.Ra3 g5 50.hxg5 hxg5
51.Ra5 g4+ 52.Kg2 Kg6 53.Ra6+ Kf7 54.Kf2 Re4 55.Rb6 Re6 56.Rb5 Kf6 57.Ra5 Rd6
58.Rb5 Ke6 59.Rb2 Rd4 60.Ra2 Kd5 61.Ra5+ Ke4 62.Ra2 Rc4 63.Re2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "American Open"]
[Site "Los Angeles USA"]
[Date "2001.11.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Abrahamyan,T"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2449"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.b6 d6 6.Nc3 Nbd7 7.a4 a5 8.e4 Qxb6 9.Bb5 Ba6
10.Qe2 Bxb5 11.Nxb5 g6 12.Nf3 Bg7 13.Nd2 Qd8 14.O-O O-O 15.Ra2 Ne8 16.Nc4 Nc7
17.Bd2 Nxb5 18.axb5 a4 19.Rfa1 Qb8 20.Na5 e6 21.Nc6 Qb7 22.dxe6 fxe6 23.Rxa4 Bxb2
24.Ra7 Bd4 25.Be1 Qb6 26.Rxa8  1-0

[Event "American Open"]
[Site "Los Angeles USA"]
[Date "2001.11.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hermansen,R"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2201"]
[BlackElo "2449"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 d6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Bg4 4.h3 Bh5 5.d3 Nd7 6.Be3 c6 7.Qd2 Bxf3 8.gxf3 g6
9.f4 Bg7 10.O-O-O Ne7 11.d4 exf4 12.Bxf4 Qc7 13.h4 O-O-O 14.Kb1 Kb8 15.Na4 Ka8
16.c4 c5 17.dxc5 Nxc5 18.Bxd6 Rxd6 19.Qxd6 Qxd6 20.Rxd6 Nxa4 21.Rd7 Re8 22.b4 Nb6
23.Rd1 Nc6 24.b5 Nd4 25.Rh3 Na4 26.Ra3 Nc5 27.f3 Kb8 28.Re3 f5 29.e5 f4 30.Ree1 Nxf3
31.Re2 Nxe5 32.Rd5 b6 33.Red2 Kc7 34.Bh3 Bf6 35.h5 g5 36.Bf5 Nxc4 37.Rd7+ Nxd7
38.Rxd7+ Kb8 39.Rf7 Na3+ 40.Kc1 Bc3 41.Bc2  0-1

[Event "American Open"]
[Site "Los Angeles USA"]
[Date "2001.11.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Nambiar,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2449"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A90"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 c6 5.Bg2 d5 6.O-O Bd6 7.Ne5 O-O 8.Bf4 Nh5
9.e3 Nxf4 10.exf4 Nd7 11.Nxd7 Bxd7 12.Nd2 h6 13.c5 Bc7 14.Nf3 g5 15.fxg5 hxg5
16.Re1 Qf6 17.Qd2 g4 18.Ne5 Bxe5 19.Rxe5 f4 20.Rae1 Rf7 21.Rh5 Rh7 22.Rxh7 Kxh7
23.Re5 Rf8 24.Qd1 f3 25.Bf1 Qh6 26.Re3 Kg7 27.Qe1 Qf6 28.Qd2 Qd8 29.Bd3 b6
30.cxb6 axb6 31.Re5 Qf6 32.Rg5+ Kf7 33.Rxg4 e5 34.Rg6 Qh8 35.Rh6 Qg8 36.Bg6+  1-0

[Event "American Open"]
[Site "Los Angeles USA"]
[Date "2001.11.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Browne,W"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2449"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[ECO "E42"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Ne2 cxd4 6.exd4 d5 7.a3 Be7 8.Nf4 Nc6
9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Ncxd5 exd5 11.Be3 Bg5 12.Qd2 O-O 13.Bb5 Bxf4 14.Bxf4 Qb6 15.Bxc6 Qxc6
16.O-O Be6 17.Rac1 Qa6 18.Rc3 Rac8 19.Bc7 Rfe8 20.h3 f6 21.Rfc1 Bd7 22.Bf4 Rxc3
23.Qxc3 Rc8 24.Qd2 Rxc1+ 25.Qxc1 Qc6 26.Qd2 Kf7 27.f3 b6 28.h4 Bf5 29.Bb8 a6
30.Qf4 Bd3 31.Kh2 h6 32.Qe3 Qc2 33.Bf4 Bf1 34.Qd2 Qxd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "American Open"]
[Site "Los Angeles USA"]
[Date "2001.11.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Rensch,D"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2208"]
[BlackElo "2449"]
[ECO "D34"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.g3 Nf6 7.Bg2 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.Bg5 cxd4 10.Nxd4 h6 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.e3 Nxd4 13.exd4 Be6 14.Qb3 Bxd4 15.Nxd5 Bxd5
16.Qxd5 Qf6 17.Rad1 Rfd8 18.Qf3 Bxb2 19.Qxf6 Bxf6 20.Bxb7 Rab8 21.Rxd8+ Rxd8
22.Rc1 Rd2 23.Rc8+ Bd8 24.Be4 g6 25.Rc2 Rd1+ 26.Kg2 Kg7 27.Re2 Bb6 28.Bc2 Rd7
29.Bb3 g5 30.Rc2 Re7  1/2-1/2

[Event "American Open"]
[Site "Los Angeles USA"]
[Date "2001.11.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Jones,S USA"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2449"]
[BlackElo "2313"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c6 3.e3 Nf6 4.c4 e6 5.Nbd2 Nbd7 6.b3 Bd6 7.Bb2 O-O 8.Be2 Qe7
9.Ne5 Bb4 10.O-O Bxd2 11.Qxd2 Ne4 12.Qc2 f5 13.Nd3 Rf6 14.f3 Ng5 15.Rae1 Rf8
16.a4 Re8 17.Kh1 Nf6 18.Bc3 Bd7 19.Bb4 Qd8 20.a5 Nf7 21.Bc3 Kh8 22.Ne5 Nxe5
23.dxe5 Ng8 24.e4 Ne7 25.exf5 Nxf5 26.Bd3 Qh4 27.Bxf5 exf5 28.cxd5 cxd5 29.Rd1 Be6
30.Bd4 Rec8 31.Qd2 Qd8 32.Rc1 b6 33.axb6 axb6 34.Qb4 h6 35.h3 Rxc1 36.Rxc1 Qg5
37.Rg1 f4 38.Qxb6 Bf5 39.Bf2 Ra2 40.Qd4 Rc2 41.b4 Bxh3 42.gxh3 Qh5 43.Kg2 Qh4
44.e6 Qg3+ 45.Kf1 Qxh3+ 46.Rg2 Qh1+ 47.Rg1 Qh3+ 48.Rg2 Qh1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "American Open"]
[Site "Los Angeles USA"]
[Date "2001.11.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Langer,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2449"]
[BlackElo "2286"]
[ECO "A70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.h3 Bg7 8.Nf3 O-O
9.Bd3 Nh5 10.O-O Nd7 11.Be3 a6 12.a4 b6 13.Be2 Re8 14.Nd2 Nhf6 15.Qc2 Rb8
16.Rae1 Qc7 17.f4 Bb7 18.Bc4 Rbd8 19.Qd3 Qc8 20.Bf2 Nh5 21.Qf3 Bh6 22.Be3 Bg7
23.g4 Nhf6 24.Bf2 h6 25.Bh4 Qc7 26.Qd3 Ra8 27.Nf3 h5 28.e5 dxe5 29.d6 Qc6
30.Qxg6 Kh8 31.Bxf7 e4 32.Bxf6 Nxf6 33.Ne5 Rxe5 34.fxe5 e3 35.Nd5 e2 36.Rxf6  1-0

[Event "North American Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2001.12.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kaidanov,G"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2449"]
[ECO "D34"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.g3 Nc6 6.Bg2 Nf6 7.O-O Be7 8.Nc3 O-O
9.Bg5 cxd4 10.Nxd4 h6 11.Be3 Re8 12.Qa4 Bd7 13.Rfd1 Nb4 14.Qb3 a5 15.a4 Bc5
16.Nxd5 Nfxd5 17.Bxd5 Nxd5 18.Qxd5 Qe7 19.Rd3 Bxd4 20.Rxd4 Bc6 21.Qd6 Qxd6
22.Rxd6 Re4 23.b3 Rae8 24.Rc1 Rxe3 25.fxe3 Rxe3 26.Rd3 Rxe2 27.Rc5 Rg2+ 28.Kf1 Rxh2
29.Rxa5 Rb2 30.Rc5 g5 31.g4 Kg7 32.a5 Kf6 33.Ke1 h5 34.a6 hxg4 35.Ra5 g3
36.Rxg3 bxa6 37.Rxa6 Rc2 38.Kd1 Rc5 39.b4 Rd5+ 40.Kc1  1-0

[Event "National Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2002.03.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gurevich,D"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2456"]
[ECO "D34"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.d4 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.g3 Nf6 7.Bg2 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.Bg5 cxd4 10.Nxd4 h6 11.Bf4 Bg4 12.h3 Be6 13.Rc1 Rc8 14.Na4 Nxd4 15.Qxd4 Qa5
16.Nc3 Rc4 17.Qd3 d4 18.Nd5 Nxd5 19.Rxc4 Nxf4 20.gxf4 Bxc4 21.Qxc4 Bf6 22.Bxb7 Qf5
23.Bg2 Qxf4 24.Rd1 Qf5 25.Qd5 Qc2 26.Re1 Qxb2 27.Bf3 Rd8 28.Qb3 Qd2 29.Rd1 Qa5
30.Kf1 g6 31.Rc1 Kg7 32.Rc6 d3 33.exd3 Qf5 34.Bg4 Qf4 35.Qd1 h5 36.Qf3 Qg5
37.Bc8 Rd4 38.Rc4 Rxc4 39.dxc4 Qc1+ 40.Kg2 Qxc4 41.Bb7 Qxa2 42.Bd5 Qd2 43.Qb3 Bd4
44.Qf3 f5 45.Bc4 a5 46.Bb3 Bc5 47.Qb7+ Kh6 48.Qf3 Qd4  0-1

[Event "30th World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2002.06.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Newton,Frankie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A85"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Qb3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 O-O 7.g3 b6 8.Bg2 Bb7
9.O-O d6 10.b4 a5 11.b5 Qe8 12.a4 Nbd7 13.Ba3 Qh5 14.Qe3 Be4 15.Rac1 h6 16.h3 g5
17.Nh2 f4 18.gxf4 gxf4 19.Qxf4 Bxg2 20.Kxg2 Kh8 21.Qe3 Qh4 22.f3 Rf7 23.Ng4 Rg8
24.Qf2 Qh5 25.Qg3 Rfg7 26.Rc3 e5 27.dxe5 Nxe5 28.Bb2 Nfxg4 29.fxg4 Rxg4 30.hxg4 Rxg4
31.Kf2 Rxg3 32.Rxg3 Kh7 33.Bxe5 Qxe5 34.e3 Qe4 35.Rc1 Qd3 36.Kg1 h5 37.Rf1 Qxc4
38.Rf4 Qc1+ 39.Kh2 Qc2+ 40.Kh3 Qb3 41.Kh4 Qd5 42.Rgf3 Kg6 43.Rf6+ Kg7 44.R6f5 Qe4+
45.Kxh5 Qe8+ 46.Kg4 Qe4+ 47.R5f4 Qe5 48.Kh3 Qe6+ 49.Kh2 Kg6 50.Rg3+ Kh5 51.Rf8 Qe5
52.Rh8+  1-0

[Event "30th World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2002.06.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Formanek,E"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2293"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "D34"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.g3 Nf6 7.Bg2 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.Na4 Be7 11.Be3 Bg4 12.Nd4 Qd7 13.Nxc6 bxc6 14.Re1 Bb4 15.Bd2 Bd6
16.Be3 Rfe8 17.Bc5 Bc7 18.b4 a5 19.a3 axb4 20.axb4 Be5 21.Ra2 Qb7 22.f3 Bf5
23.f4 Bc7 24.Qd4 Nd7 25.Rea1 Bd8 26.Qc3 Rb8 27.Rb2 Nxc5 28.bxc5 Qa7 29.Rxb8 Qxb8
30.Qd2 Bf6 31.Ra2 Qb3 32.Kf2 Bb1  0-1

[Event "30th World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2002.07.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Rowson,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[ECO "D94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.e3 O-O 6.b4 Be6 7.c5 Bg4 8.h3 Bxf3
9.gxf3 c6 10.f4 Nbd7 11.Bd2 Ne4 12.Nxe4 dxe4 13.Qc2 f5 14.b5 Nf6 15.bxc6 bxc6
16.Ba6 Rb8 17.Rb1 Rxb1+ 18.Qxb1 Nd5 19.Qb7 Qc7 20.Qxc7 Nxc7 21.Bc4+ e6 22.Ke2 Rb8
23.Rc1 Kf7 24.Rc3 Ke7 25.Ra3 Rb7 26.Ba5 Nd5 27.Rb3 Rxb3 28.axb3 Kd7 29.f3 exf3+
30.Kxf3 Bf6 31.Bd2 Nc7 32.Ba5 Nb5 33.Bxb5 cxb5 34.Bc3 Bd8 35.b4 Kc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "30th World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2002.07.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Jussupow,A"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "D34"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.g3 Nc6 6.Bg2 Nf6 7.O-O Be7 8.Nc3 O-O
9.Bg5 cxd4 10.Nxd4 h6 11.Be3 Re8 12.a3 Bg4 13.Qb3 Na5 14.Qa2 Nc4 15.Bc1 Rc8
16.h3 Bh5 17.Rd1 Bc5 18.Nxd5 Nxd5 19.g4 Ndb6 20.gxh5 Rxe2 21.Bg5 Rxb2 22.Bxd8 Rxa2
23.Bxb6 Rxa1 24.Rxa1 Bxb6 25.Nf5 Rc5 26.Ne7+ Kf8 27.Nd5 Ra5 28.a4 Bc5 29.Rb1 b6
30.Nc3 Nd6 31.Bf3 Bd4 32.Nb5 Nxb5 33.axb5 Ra2 34.Rf1 Rb2 35.Bc6 Ke7 36.Kg2 Kd6
37.Be8 Re2 38.Bxf7 Re5 39.Rd1 Ke7 40.Bc4 Bc5 41.Rd5 Rxd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "30th World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2002.07.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Kaminsky,O"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[ECO "D35"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.e3 Be7 7.Bd3 c6 8.Nge2 Nf8
9.Qc2 Bg4 10.Ng3 Nh5 11.Bf4 Nxg3 12.Bxg3 Bh5 13.O-O Bg6 14.Rab1 Bd6 15.b4 Bxg3
16.hxg3 a6 17.Na4 Rc8 18.e4 dxe4 19.Bxe4 Ne6 20.Nc5 Nxc5 21.bxc5 Rc7 22.Bxg6 hxg6
23.Rfe1+ Kf8 24.Re5 g5 25.Rbe1 g6 26.Qc3 f6 27.Re6 Kg7 28.Rd6 Rd7 29.Ree6 Rf8
30.d5 cxd5 31.Qd4 Rxd6 32.cxd6 Rf7 33.Qxd5 Qd7 34.Re1 Qd8 35.Rb1 Qc8 36.Re1 Qd8
37.Re3 Rd7 38.Re6 Rf7 39.Qe4 Qd7 40.a3 b5 41.Qd5 a5 42.Re1 b4 43.Qxa5 bxa3
44.Qxa3 Qc6 45.Rd1 Rd7 46.Qe3 Qc4 47.Qe8 Qf7 48.Qe3 Qc4 49.Rd4 Qa2 50.Re4 Rxd6
51.Re7+ Kh6 52.g4 Qb1+ 53.Kh2  1-0

[Event "30th World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2002.07.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lapshun,Y"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2387"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bxe7 Nxe7 7.dxc5 Qa5+ 8.Nc3 Nbc6
9.e3 O-O 10.Be2 Qxc5 11.O-O Be6 12.Nb5 Nf5 13.Nfd4 Nfxd4 14.Nxd4 Rac8 15.Rc1 Qb4
16.Nxe6 fxe6 17.Bg4 Rf6 18.Rc2 Rcf8 19.f4 Qb6 20.Re2 Kh8 21.Rff2 d4 22.Qb3 Qc5
23.Rc2 Qa5 24.Bf3 dxe3 25.Qxe3 Nb4 26.Rcd2 Qxa2 27.Bxb7 e5 28.Qxe5 Nd3 29.Rxd3 Qb1+
30.Rf1 Qxd3 31.Bd5 Rf5  0-1

[Event "30th World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2002.07.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Summerscale,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[ECO "A90"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 c6 5.Bg2 d5 6.O-O Bd6 7.Ne5 O-O 8.Bf4 Ng4
9.Qd2 Nxe5 10.Bxe5 Be7 11.Bxb8 Rxb8 12.Qd3 Qb6 13.Qc3 Bf6 14.c5 Qc7 15.f4 b6
16.b4 a5 17.a3 bxc5 18.bxc5 Rb3 19.Qxb3 Bxd4+ 20.e3 Bxa1 21.Nc3 Bxc3 22.Qxc3 Ba6
23.Rb1 Rb8 24.Rxb8+ Qxb8 25.h3 Qc7 26.Bf1 Bxf1  1/2-1/2

[Event "30th World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2002.07.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanov,AV"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bc5
9.Qd2 O-O 10.O-O-O Nxd4 11.Bxd4 a6 12.h4 b5 13.h5 Qc7 14.h6 g6 15.Kb1 b4
16.Na4 Bxd4 17.Qxd4 a5 18.Bb5 Rb8 19.c4 bxc3 20.Nxc3 Nb6 21.Rc1 Qe7 22.a4 Bd7
23.Bxd7 Qxd7 24.Ka2 Nc4 25.Nb5 Rxb5 26.axb5 Qxb5 27.b3 Nb6 28.Rc5 Qe2+ 29.Qb2 Qe3
30.Qc1 Qe2+ 31.Qb2 Qe3 32.Rxa5 Qxf4 33.Rc1 d4 34.Rd1 Rd8 35.Rb5 Ra8+ 36.Kb1 Qe4+  0-1

[Event "Imre Konig Mem"]
[Site "San Francisco USA"]
[Date "2002.09.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Baburin,A"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[ECO "D32"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Bf4 Nf6 7.e3 c4 8.Be2 Bb4
9.O-O Bxc3 10.bxc3 Ne4 11.Qc2 Bf5 12.Qb2 Qe7 13.Ne5 Nxe5 14.Bxe5 f6 15.Bf4 g5
16.f3 Nxc3 17.Qxc3 gxf4 18.e4 Bg6 19.exd5 Qe3+ 20.Qxe3+ fxe3 21.Bxc4 Kd7
22.Rfe1 Rac8 23.Bb5+ Kd6 24.Rxe3 Bf7 25.Ba4 Bxd5 26.Bb3 Rhe8 27.Rxe8 Rxe8
28.Kf2 a6 29.Rc1 Bc6 30.Rc5 Bb5 31.Rd5+ Ke7 32.Rh5 Bd3 33.Ke3 Bg6 34.Rc5 Kd6+
35.Kd2 b6 36.Rc3 Bf5 37.Ba4 b5 38.Rc5 Bg6 39.Bb3 Rb8 40.h4 h6 41.a3 a5 42.Bc2 Be8
43.Be4 Bd7 44.Rh5 Rh8 45.Bd3 f5 46.g4 fxg4 47.fxg4 Bxg4 48.Rxb5 a4 49.Ra5 Bd7
50.Bc2 Rg8 51.Rh5 Rg3 52.Rxh6+ Kc7 53.h5 Rxa3 54.Rf6 Rh3 55.h6 a3 56.h7 a2
57.Ra6 Be6 58.Be4 Bc4 59.Ra8 Kb6 60.Kc2 Ba6 61.Kb2 Rh2+ 62.Ka1 Bb7 63.Rb8  1-0

[Event "Imre Konig Mem"]
[Site "San Francisco USA"]
[Date "2002.09.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Wojtkiewicz,A"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[ECO "D34"]

1.Nf3 e6 2.c4 d5 3.d4 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.g3 Nc6 6.Bg2 Nf6 7.O-O Be7 8.Nc3 O-O
9.b3 Ne4 10.Bb2 Bf6 11.Nxe4 dxe4 12.Nd2 Bg4 13.h3 Bh5 14.Nxe4 Bxd4 15.Bxd4 cxd4
16.Rc1 Qe7 17.Re1 Rac8 18.Qd2 Rfd8 19.Nc5 Bg6 20.b4 b6 21.Na6 Ne5 22.Rxc8 Rxc8
23.f4 Nc4 24.Qxd4 Ne3 25.Bf3 f6 26.Qb2 Nc2 27.Rd1 Qe3+ 28.Kh1 Qf2 29.Qb3+ Bf7
30.Qd3 Ne3 31.Qd7 Rf8 32.Rg1 Nf1 33.Qg4 Qh2+  0-1

[Event "Imre Konig Mem"]
[Site "San Francisco USA"]
[Date "2002.09.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Yermolinsky,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[ECO "D82"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.Rc1 c5 7.dxc5 Be6 8.e3 Nc6
9.a3 Ne4 10.Nd4 Nxd4 11.exd4 Nxc3 12.bxc3 dxc4 13.Be2 Bd5 14.O-O Qd7 15.Rb1 b6
16.cxb6 axb6 17.Rxb6 Rxa3 18.Qd2 Rb3 19.Rb1 Rc8 20.Bd1 Rxb1 21.Rxb1 Qc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Imre Konig Mem"]
[Site "San Francisco USA"]
[Date "2002.09.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "De Firmian,N"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[ECO "C12"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bb4 5.e5 h6 6.Bd2 Bxc3 7.bxc3 Ne4 8.Qg4 g6
9.Bd3 Nxd2 10.Kxd2 c5 11.Nf3 Bd7 12.Rhb1 Bc6 13.a4 Qe7 14.dxc5 Nd7 15.Qf4 g5
16.Qg3 Nxc5 17.Nd4 Bd7 18.Qe3 Rc8 19.a5 f5 20.f3 Rc7 21.g3 Kd8 22.Rb4 Rf8
23.Ne2 Kc8 24.h4 Kb8 25.hxg5 hxg5 26.Rh1 Qg7 27.Rh5 Rg8 28.Rb1 Be8 29.Rh2 g4
30.f4 Rh8 31.Rbh1 Rxh2 32.Rxh2 Rc8 33.Qd4 a6 34.Qb4 Bb5 35.Nd4 Bxd3 36.cxd3 Qd7
37.Rh6 Qg7 38.Rh1 Qd7 39.Ke3 Ka8 40.Qb6 Qa4 41.Nxe6 Nxe6 42.Qxe6 d4+ 43.cxd4 Rd8
44.Qb6 Qd7 45.Qc5 Rc8 46.Qd6 Qb5 47.Qe6 Rc6 48.Qxf5 Rc3 49.Rd1 Qxa5 50.Qxg4 Qa2
51.Qf3 Qb2 52.f5 Rb3 53.f6 Rb4 54.Qg4 Qh2 55.f7 Qh6+ 56.Qf4 Qf8 57.Rh1 Ka7
58.Rh8  1-0

[Event "Imre Konig Mem"]
[Site "San Francisco USA"]
[Date "2002.09.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Shulman,Y"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[ECO "E55"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 c5 6.Nf3 d5 7.O-O dxc4 8.Bxc4 Nbd7
9.Bd2 cxd4 10.exd4 b6 11.a3 Bxc3 12.bxc3 Bb7 13.Qe2 Ne4 14.Rfc1 Rc8 15.Bd3 Nxd2
16.Nxd2 e5 17.Be4 Bxe4 18.Nxe4 Qe7 19.Ng3 Qe6 20.a4 Rfd8 21.Qa6 Qc4 22.Qxc4 Rxc4
23.Nf5 g6 24.Ne3 Rcc8 25.g4 exd4 26.cxd4 Nf6 27.Rxc8 Rxc8 28.Rb1 Rd8 29.Rb4 h5
30.h3 Nd5 31.Rc4 hxg4 32.hxg4 Kg7 33.Kg2 Kf6 34.Kf3 Ke6 35.Ke4 Nf6+ 36.Kd3 Rd7
37.Rc8 Nd5 38.Re8+ Ne7 39.Ke4 f6 40.d5+ Kf7 41.Ra8 g5 42.Kd4 Nc6+ 43.Kc4 Ne7
44.Rh8 Kg7 45.Ra8 Kf7 46.Rh8 Kg7 47.Rh1 Kg6 48.Kb5 Nxd5 49.Kc6 Nxe3 50.Kxd7 Nxg4
51.Rf1 Ne5+ 52.Kc7 Nd3 53.Kb8 Nc5 54.Ra1 Kf5 55.Kxa7 Kf4 56.Kxb6 Nxa4+ 57.Rxa4+ Kf3
58.Kc5 f5 59.Kd4 f4 60.Ra3+ Kxf2 61.Ke4 Kg2 62.Rb3 f3 63.Rxf3 g4 64.Ra3  1-0

[Event "Imre Konig Mem"]
[Site "San Francisco USA"]
[Date "2002.09.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura,H"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[ECO "C10"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Nbd7 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.Nf3 h6 8.Be3 Nd5
9.Bd3 Nxe3 10.fxe3 Bd6 11.e4 e5 12.dxe5 Bc5 13.Bc4 Qe7 14.Qd2 O-O 15.O-O-O c6
16.Rhf1 b5 17.Bb3 a5 18.a3 a4 19.Ba2 b4 20.axb4 a3 21.b3 Bxb4 22.c3 Ba5 23.b4 Bc7
24.Nd4 Qxe5 25.Nxc6 Qe8 26.Nd4 Bg4 27.Rde1 Be5 28.h3 Be6 29.Nxe6 fxe6 30.Rf5 Bf6
31.Kb1 Kh8 32.Rf3 Be5 33.Rd1 Qc6 34.Rd3 Rac8 35.c4 Qb6 36.c5 Rxc5 37.Rxa3 Rcc8
38.Rd3 Kh7 39.Rb3 Rf2 40.Qd3 Rxg2  0-1

[Event "Imre Konig Mem"]
[Site "San Francisco USA"]
[Date "2002.09.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Browne,W"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2492"]
[ECO "E14"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 b6 4.Bd3 Bb7 5.O-O c5 6.c4 Be7 7.Nc3 cxd4 8.exd4 d5
9.b3 Nc6 10.Be3 Rc8 11.Rc1 O-O 12.Qd2 Nb4 13.Be2 Ne4 14.Qb2 a6 15.a3 Nc6
16.Rfd1 Nxc3 17.Rxc3 Qd6 18.c5 bxc5 19.dxc5 Qb8 20.Qb1 h6 21.b4 e5 22.Rxd5 Nd4
23.Nxd4 Bxd5 24.Nf5 Rfe8 25.Bxa6 Rc6 26.Bc4 Bxc4 27.Rxc4 Bg5 28.Qe4 Ra6 29.h4 Bxe3
30.Qxe3 Qa8 31.Rg4 Rg6 32.Qg3 Kh7 33.h5 Rxg4 34.Qxg4 Rg8 35.Nd6 g6 36.Qf3 Qxf3
37.gxf3 gxh5+ 38.Kh2 Rd8 39.b5 Kg6  1-0

[Event "Imre Konig Mem"]
[Site "San Francisco USA"]
[Date "2002.09.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Atalik,S"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Bb4 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.Qa4+ Nc6 8.a3 Bxc3+
9.bxc3 Bd7 10.cxd5 exd5 11.e3 Qd6 12.Bd3 O-O 13.O-O b6 14.Qc2 Ne7 15.c4 c5
16.cxd5 Nxd5 17.dxc5 Qxc5 18.Qxc5 bxc5 19.Bc4 Nb6 20.Ne5 Nxc4 21.Nxd7 Rfd8
22.Nxc5 Rac8 23.Nb3 Nd2 24.Nxd2 Rxd2 25.g3 Rdc2 26.Rfd1 R8c6 27.Rd8+ Kh7
28.Rd7 Rf6 29.Rf1 a6 30.Rd5 Ra2 31.Ra5 g6 32.g4 Re6 33.Ra4 Kg7 34.h4 Rc6
35.e4 Rc3 36.Rxa6 Rcxa3 37.Rxa3 Rxa3 38.Kg2 g5 39.h5 Rb3 40.Rd1 Ra3 41.Rd2 Rb3
42.f3 Ra3 43.Kf2 Rb3 44.Ke2 Ra3 45.Kf2 Rb3 46.Rd8 Ra3 47.e5 Ra5 48.Re8 Ra2+
49.Kg3 Re2 50.Kh3 Rf2 51.Kg3 Re2 52.Kh3 Rf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Imre Konig Mem"]
[Site "San Francisco USA"]
[Date "2002.09.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Fedorowicz,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2 Bb7 8.O-O O-O
9.Bc3 Na6 10.Nbd2 Qc8  1/2-1/2

[Event "38th American Open"]
[Site "Los Angeles USA"]
[Date "2002.11.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gudino,R"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2251"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[ECO "D02"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nbd2 Nf6 4.e3 b6 5.Be2 Bb7 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxd7 Qxd7 8.Bd3 c5
9.c3 Bd6 10.f4 O-O 11.O-O a5 12.Qe2 Qc8 13.Nf3 Ba6 14.Bd2 Bxd3 15.Qxd3 c4
16.Qc2 b5 17.Be1 b4 18.Bh4 Ne4 19.Nd2 Nxd2 20.Qxd2 f5 21.Rfc1 Qc6 22.Qd1 Rab8
23.Rab1 Rf7 24.Be1 Rfb7 25.Bd2 a4 26.Be1 Qa6 27.Qe2 Qa5 28.Qd1 Qa7 29.Ra1 bxc3
30.bxc3 Rb2 31.Rc2 Qb6 32.Rac1 Ba3 33.Rxb2 Qxb2 34.Rc2 Qb1 35.Qxb1 Rxb1 36.Kf2 Bb2
37.Ke2 a3 38.Bh4 Kf7 39.Be1 Ra1 40.Bd2 Rxa2 41.Bc1 Ke7 42.h3 Kd7 43.g4 g6
44.e4 dxe4 45.gxf5 gxf5 46.Ke3 Kc6 47.d5+ exd5 48.Kd4 Kd6 49.Be3 Ra1 50.Bf2 Rd1+
51.Ke3 a2  0-1

[Event "38th American Open"]
[Site "Los Angeles USA"]
[Date "2002.11.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Casella,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2351"]
[ECO "E14"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 c5 4.Bd3 b6 5.O-O Bb7 6.c4 cxd4 7.exd4 d5 8.b3 Be7
9.Bb2 O-O 10.Nbd2 Ne4 11.Qe2 Nxd2 12.Nxd2 Nc6 13.Nf3 Bf6 14.Rad1 Rc8 15.Ne5 Ba6
16.Ba3 dxc4 17.bxc4 Ne7 18.d5 exd5 19.cxd5 Bxd3 20.Rxd3 Bxe5 21.Qxe5 Ng6
22.Qd4 Re8 23.Bb2 f6 24.Qa4 Ne5 25.Bxe5 Rxe5 26.d6 Rcc5 27.h3 a5 28.Rfd1 Kf8
29.d7 Re7 30.Rd6 Rce5 31.Kh2 R5e6 32.R6d3 Qb8+ 33.f4 Rxd7 34.Qxd7 b5 35.Qd4  1-0

[Event "38th American Open"]
[Site "Los Angeles USA"]
[Date "2002.11.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shulman,Y"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[ECO "D34"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.g3 Nc6 6.Bg2 Nf6 7.O-O Be7 8.Nc3 O-O
9.Bg5 cxd4 10.Nxd4 h6 11.Be3 Re8 12.Qa4 Bd7 13.Rfd1 Nb4 14.Qb3 a5 15.Nxd5 Nfxd5
16.Bxd5 Nxd5 17.Qxd5 Ba4 18.Qxd8 Raxd8 19.b3 Bd7 20.Kg2 a4 21.Rd3 Bf6 22.Rc1 Bg4
23.Rcd1 axb3 24.axb3 Bxd4 25.Rxd4 Rxd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "38th American Open"]
[Site "Los Angeles USA"]
[Date "2002.11.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Taylor,T"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2404"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[ECO "A50"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6 3.a3 Bb7 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.d5 Qe7 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 g5 8.Bg3 exd5
9.cxd5 Bg7 10.f3 Nh5 11.d6 Qe3 12.dxc7 Nxg3 13.cxb8=Q+ Rxb8 14.hxg3 Rc8 15.Rc1 Bd4
16.Nh3 g4 17.Nf4 Qf2+ 18.Kd2 Qe3+ 19.Ke1 Qf2+ 20.Kd2 Qe3+ 21.Ke1  1/2-1/2

[Event "38th American Open"]
[Site "Los Angeles USA"]
[Date "2002.11.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Khachian,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2481"]
[ECO "D92"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d5 5.Bf4 c5 6.dxc5 Qa5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Qxd5 Bxc3+
9.Bd2 Be6 10.Bxc3 Qxc3+ 11.Qd2 Qxc5 12.Qd4 Qxd4 13.Nxd4 Bd7 14.e3 Nc6 15.Nxc6 Bxc6
16.f3  1/2-1/2

[Event "38th American Open"]
[Site "Los Angeles USA"]
[Date "2002.12.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Matikozian,A"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c6 4.O-O Bg4 5.d3 Nbd7 6.Nbd2 e5 7.e4 dxe4 8.dxe4 Qc7
9.h3 Bh5 10.g4 Bg6 11.Nh4 Nc5 12.Nf5 h5 13.Qf3 hxg4 14.hxg4 O-O-O 15.a4 Kb8
16.Re1 Ne6 17.Nb3 Nh7 18.Be3 Nhg5 19.Qe2 Nf4 20.Bxf4 exf4 21.f3 Bxf5 22.gxf5 Rd6
23.Rad1 Rdh6 24.Qd3 Bd6 25.a5 Bb4 26.c3 Bxa5 27.Qd7 Qb6+ 28.Nd4 Qxb2 29.Rb1 Rh1+  0-1

[Event "38th American Open"]
[Site "Los Angeles USA"]
[Date "2002.12.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Yermolinsky,A"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Bg4 4.c4 e6 5.cxd5 Bxf3 6.Bxf3 cxd5 7.O-O Nf6 8.Nc3 Nc6
9.d3 Bc5 10.Bd2 O-O 11.Rc1 Qe7 12.a3 Rac8 13.b4 Bd6 14.Bg2 a5 15.b5 Ne5 16.a4  1/2-1/2

[Event "North American Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2002.12.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Small,G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2226"]
[ECO "D23"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 dxc4 4.Qa4+ Nc6 5.Nc3 Bd7 6.Qxc4 e6 7.e4 Nb4 8.Qb3 c5
9.Be2 cxd4 10.Nxd4 Nc6 11.Be3 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 Bc6 13.Rd1 Qc7 14.Nb5 Qa5+ 15.Bc3 Qb6
16.Be5 Qa5+ 17.Kf1 Bb4 18.Nc7+ Ke7 19.a3 Ba4 20.Qxb4+ Qxb4 21.axb4 Bxd1 22.Bxd1 Rad8
23.Bf3 Nxe4 24.Ke2 Ng5 25.Bxb7 f6 26.Bg3 Rd4 27.Rd1 Rxd1 28.Kxd1 Rd8+ 29.Ke2 e5
30.Nd5+ Ke6 31.Nc3 Nf7 32.f3 Rd4 33.b5 Nd6 34.Bc6 Rb4 35.b3 Kf7 36.Bf2 Rxb3
37.Bd5+  1-0

[Event "North American Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2002.12.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Filippov,Va"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[ECO "D34"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 e6 3.g3 c5 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.O-O Nf6 6.c4 Be7 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Nc3 O-O
9.Bg5 cxd4 10.Nxd4 h6 11.Be3 Re8 12.Rc1 Bf8 13.Nxc6 bxc6 14.Na4 Bd7 15.Bc5 Bxc5
16.Nxc5 Bg4 17.Re1 Qa5 18.h3 Bf5 19.Qa4 Qd2 20.Qf4 Qxf4 21.gxf4 Rab8 22.b3 g5
23.fxg5 hxg5 24.Rc3 Kg7 25.Kf1 Nh5 26.e4 Bg6 27.exd5 Rxe1+ 28.Kxe1 Nf4 29.Bf1 cxd5
30.Kd2 Bf5 31.h4 gxh4 32.Rf3 Ne6 33.Rxf5 Nxc5 34.Rxd5 Ne6 35.Ke3 Rc8 36.Bc4 Rh8
37.Rd1 Kf6 38.Kf3 Rh5 39.Rd7 a5 40.Kg4 Rf5 41.Rxf7+  1-0

[Event "North American Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2002.12.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Ishkhamov,T"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2263"]
[ECO "A70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.e4 Bg7 8.h3 O-O
9.Bd3 a6 10.a4 Re8 11.O-O c4 12.Bc2 Nbd7 13.Re1 Nc5 14.Bf4 Nh5 15.Bh2 Qb6
16.Rb1 Bd7 17.Nd2 Qc7 18.Nxc4 Nxe4 19.Nxe4 Qxc4 20.b3 Qc7 21.Bxd6 Qb6 22.Bh2 Bf5
23.g4 Bxe4 24.gxh5 Bxc2 25.Qxc2 Rec8 26.Qe4 Bd4 27.Re2 Re8 28.Qxe8+ Rxe8
29.Rxe8+ Kg7 30.Re2 Bc5 31.Rd2 Bd6 32.Bxd6 Qxd6 33.b4 Kh6 34.a5 Qf4 35.Rd3 Qd6
36.b5 gxh5 37.Rbb3 axb5 38.Rxb5 Kg5 39.Rxb7 Kf4 40.Rxf7+  1-0

[Event "North American Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2002.12.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mikhailuk,S"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[ECO "A14"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.b3 c5 7.cxd5 exd5 8.d4 Nc6
9.Nc3 cxd4 10.Nxd4 Bg4 11.h3 Be6 12.Bb2 Qd7 13.Kh2 Rac8 14.Rc1 Rfd8 15.Na4 Ne4
16.f3 Nxd4 17.Rxc8 Rxc8 18.Qxd4 Nf6 19.Rc1 Rxc1 20.Bxc1 b6 21.Bb2 h5 22.e3 h4
23.f4 hxg3+ 24.Kxg3 Qb5 25.Nc3 Qa5 26.Kf2 Ba3 27.Bxa3 Qxa3 28.Qd2 Qa5 29.Ke1 Qc5
30.Ne2 Bf5 31.Qc3 Qa3 32.Qd2 Qc5 33.Qc1 Qa5+ 34.Qd2 Qc5 35.Qc1 Qe7 36.Nd4 Bd7
37.Kd2 Qf8 38.Qc7 Qa3 39.Qc2 Qa5+ 40.Ke2 Qa3 41.Kf2 a5 42.Ne2 b5 43.Qd2 Bxh3
44.Bxd5 Qd6 45.Bxf7+ Kxf7 46.Qxa5 Qd1 47.Qa7+ Kg6 48.f5+ Kh7  0-1

[Event "North American Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2002.12.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ehlvest,J"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[ECO "D32"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Be2 Nc6 8.O-O Bd6
9.b3 cxd4 10.Nxd4 O-O 11.Bb2 Qe7 12.Rc1 Qe5 13.Nf3 Qh5 14.Re1 Be6 15.h3 Rad8
16.Rc2 Qg6 17.Kh1  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Krush,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2433"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 c6 4.c4 Bf5 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Qb3 Qc7 7.Nc3 e6 8.Nh4 Be4
9.f3 Bg6 10.Bd2 Nc6 11.Rc1 Be7 12.Nxg6 hxg6 13.g3 O-O 14.Na4 Rab8 15.Bb5 Rfc8
16.O-O Nd7 17.Rc2 a6 18.Bxc6 bxc6 19.Qd3 Qb7 20.Rfc1 Qb5 21.Qxb5 axb5 22.Nc3 c5
23.dxc5 Rxc5 24.Ne2 Rbc8 25.Rxc5 Rxc5 26.Rxc5 Nxc5 27.Nd4 Bf6 28.b3 Bxd4
29.exd4 Na6 30.a4 bxa4 31.bxa4 f6 32.f4 Kf7 33.Kf2 Ke8 34.Ke3 Kd7 35.g4 Kc6
36.h4 Kd7 37.Bc3 Kc6 38.Bd2 Kd7 39.Bc3 Kc6 40.Kd2 Kb6 41.Ke2 Nb8 42.Bb4 Nd7
43.g5 Ka6 44.Kf3 Kb6 45.Kg4 Kc6 46.h5 gxh5+ 47.Kxh5 e5 48.dxe5 fxe5 49.f5 d4
50.Kg4 Kd5 51.a5 Kc6 52.Kf3 Kd5 53.a6 Kc6 54.Ba5 Nc5 55.f6 gxf6 56.gxf6 Nd7
57.f7 Nf8 58.Ke4 Nd7 59.Bd8 Nf8 60.Kxe5 d3 61.Ba5 Nd7+ 62.Kd4 d2 63.Bxd2 Kb6
64.Kd5 Kxa6 65.Kd6 Nf8 66.Bh6 Nh7 67.Ke6 Kb7 68.Kf5  1-0

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mulyar,M"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2446"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[ECO "C12"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bb4 5.e5 h6 6.Be3 Ne4 7.Qg4 g6 8.a3 Bxc3+
9.bxc3 Nxc3 10.Bd3 b6 11.Nh3 Ba6 12.Bd2 Bxd3 13.cxd3 Na4 14.O-O c5 15.Qd1 Qd7
16.dxc5 Nxc5 17.d4 Nb7 18.Qf3 Nc6 19.Qf6 Rh7 20.Qh4 Nba5 21.Rad1 Nb3 22.Be3 Qe7
23.Bg5 hxg5 24.Qxh7 O-O-O 25.f4 g4 26.Ng5 Rd7 27.Qh4 Ncxd4 28.Qxg4 Kb7 29.Kh1 Qxa3
30.Qh3 Qc5 31.Qe3 Qc4 32.Rb1 a5 33.Nf3 Nxf3 34.Rxf3 a4 35.h3 d4 36.Qe4+ Rd5
37.Rf2 Nc5 38.Qf3 d3 39.Rfb2 Nb3 40.Rd1 a3 41.Ra2 Nd4 42.Qf2 Nc2 43.Rb1 b5  0-1

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Lapshun,Y"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2419"]
[ECO "D91"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d5 5.Bg5 Ne4 6.cxd5 Nxg5 7.Nxg5 e6 8.Qd2 h6
9.Nf3 exd5 10.e3 Be6 11.Bd3 Nd7 12.O-O c6 13.Na4 O-O 14.Rfc1 Bg4 15.Be2 Re8
16.b4 Rc8 17.h3 Bxf3 18.Bxf3 b5 19.Nc5 Nxc5 20.Rxc5 Bf8 21.Rc2 Qd7 22.Bg4 f5
23.Bf3 a5 24.bxa5 Ra8 25.Be2 Kg7 26.a4 b4 27.a6 Re6 28.Qd3 Be7 29.Qb3 h5
30.Rac1 Rf8 31.a5 f4 32.exf4 Rxf4 33.Qa4 Qa7 34.Bf3 Qxd4 35.Rxc6 Bd6 36.Rxd6 Rxd6
37.Qb5 Rf7 38.Rb1 Re7 39.Qxb4 Qxb4 40.Rxb4 Rxa6 41.Rb5 Rea7 42.Rxd5 h4 43.Rd4 g5
44.g3 Rf6 45.Kg2 Raf7 46.Rd3 g4 47.Bd5 Rxf2+ 48.Kg1 Rf1+ 49.Kh2 R7f2+ 50.Bg2 Ra1
51.gxh4 gxh3 52.Kxh3 Rxa5 53.Rg3+ Kh6 54.Rf3 Rd2 55.Rf6+ Kg7 56.Rf4 Rd6 57.Bf3 Kh6
58.Kg3 Rg6+ 59.Rg4 Rb6 60.Rc4 Ra3 61.Rf4 Rg6+ 62.Rg4 Ra4 63.Rxg6+ Kxg6 64.Bg4 Kf6
65.Bc8 Rc4 66.Bd7 Rd4 67.Bc8 Ke5 68.Ba6 Rd6 69.Bc8 Rd8 70.Bh3 Rg8+ 71.Kf3 Rh8
72.Kg4 Kf6 73.Kg3 Rd8 74.Kf4 Rd3 75.Bc8 Rd4+ 76.Kg3 Ke5 77.Ba6 Rd6 78.Bc8 Rd1
79.Kf3 Rd8 80.Bh3 Rh8 81.Kg4 Rf8 82.Kg3 Ke4 83.Bg2+ Ke3 84.Bd5 Rf5 85.Ba8 Kd4
86.Kg4 Ke5 87.Kg3 Rf1 88.Bc6 Rf8 89.Bd7 Rd8 90.Bh3 Ke4 91.Be6 Rf8 92.Ba2 Ke5
93.Bb1 Rg8+ 94.Kf3 Rg1 95.Bc2 Rh1 96.Kg3 Rc1 97.Bh7 Rg1+ 98.Kf3 Rg7 99.Bc2 Rg8
100.h5 Rc8 101.Bg6 Rc6 102.Kg4 Kf6 103.Kf3 Re6 104.Kf4 Re1 105.Kf3 Kg5 106.Kf2 Re7
107.Kf3 Re6 108.Kg3 Rf6 109.Be8 Rf1 110.Bg6 Rf8 111.Kh3 Kf4 112.h6 Kg5 113.Be4 Kxh6
114.Kg4 Rf1 115.Bf3 Kg6 116.Kf4 Kf6 117.Ke4 Ra1 118.Kd4 Ra4+ 119.Kd5 Kf5
120.Bg2 Ra3 121.Be4+ Kf4 122.Bh7 Ra4 123.Bc2 Rb4 124.Bh7 Rb7 125.Bc2 Rd7+
126.Ke6 Rc7 127.Bb1 Kg5 128.Bd3 Kh6 129.Be4 Kg7 130.Bd3 Rc3 131.Bf5 Re3+
132.Kd5 Kf6 133.Bh7 Re7 134.Bc2 Rc7 135.Bb1 Rc3 136.Bh7 Rc8 137.Bb1 Rc7 138.Ba2 Rc1
139.Bc4 Rd1+ 140.Ke4 Rd2 141.Bb3 Ke7 142.Ke5 Rb2 143.Bc4 Rb4 144.Bd3 Rh4
145.Bg6 Ra4 146.Bd3 Ra5+ 147.Ke4 Kd6 148.Bc2 Ra3 149.Bd1 Ra1 150.Bb3 Rb1
151.Bg8 Rb8 152.Ba2 Rb4+ 153.Kf5 Ra4 154.Bg8 Ke7 155.Bb3 Rb4 156.Bg8 Rb5+
157.Ke4 Kd6 158.Ba2 Re5+ 159.Kf4 Re8 160.Bb3 Kc5 161.Kf5 Kd4 162.Ba2 Re2
163.Bg8 Rf2+ 164.Ke6  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kaidanov,G"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[ECO "D64"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.Rc1 c6 8.Qc2 Re8
9.a3 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Nd5 11.Bxe7 Qxe7 12.Ne4 N5f6 13.Ng3 b5 14.Ba2 b4 15.O-O bxa3
16.bxa3 Qxa3 17.Ra1 Qe7 18.Qxc6 Nb6 19.Rfc1 Bb7 20.Qc5 Rac8 21.Qxe7 Rxe7
22.Rxc8+ Nxc8 23.Rc1 Ne8 24.Ne4 Bxe4 25.Rxc8 Bxf3 26.gxf3 Kf8 27.Bb3 Rc7
28.Ra8 Ke7 29.e4 Nf6 30.Kf1 Nh5 31.Ke1 Nf4 32.Kd2 Rd7 33.Ke3 Ng2+ 34.Ke2 Rxd4
35.Rxa7+ Rd7 36.Rxd7+ Kxd7 37.e5 g5 38.Kd3 Nf4+ 39.Ke4 Nh3 40.Ke3 h6 41.Bc4 Kc6
42.Bf1 Nf4 43.Ke4 Ng6 44.Kd4 Kd7 45.Bb5+ Ke7 46.Ke4 f6 47.exf6+ Kxf6 48.Be8 Nf4
49.h4 h5 50.Bd7 Nh3 51.hxg5+ Nxg5+ 52.Kf4 e5+ 53.Kg3 Kg6 54.Be8+ Kh6 55.Bd7 Kg6
56.Be8+ Kh6 57.Bd7 Nh7 58.f4 exf4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Gulko,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[ECO "E48"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 c5 6.Ne2 cxd4 7.exd4 d5 8.O-O dxc4
9.Bxc4 Nc6 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bh4 Be7 12.Bb3 b6 13.Qd3 Bb7 14.a3 Nh5 15.Bc2 g6
16.Bxe7 Nxe7 17.Qe3 Kg7 18.Rad1  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[ECO "C05"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ngf3 g6 8.h4 cxd4
9.cxd4 Qb6 10.Nb3 h6 11.Be3 a5 12.a4 Ndb8 13.h5 g5 14.O-O Nb4 15.Be2 N8c6
16.Nh2 Bd7 17.Ng4 O-O-O 18.f4 gxf4 19.Bxf4 Kb8 20.Qd2 Ne7  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Muhammad,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2368"]
[ECO "A80"]

1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bg5 Nf6 4.Bxf6 exf6 5.e3 Be6 6.Bd3 Qd7 7.Nge2 Nc6 8.a3 Ne7
9.h4 Nc8 10.Nf4 Bf7 11.h5 c6 12.Rh4 Nd6 13.g4 O-O-O 14.gxf5 Nxf5 15.Rh1 Re8
16.Kd2 Nd6 17.Qf3 f5 18.Rag1 Ne4+ 19.Bxe4 dxe4 20.Qh3 Rg8 21.Kc1 g6 22.hxg6 hxg6
23.Qh4 Be7 24.Qh7 Bf6 25.Nxg6 Bxg6 26.Qxd7+ Kxd7 27.Rh6 Bxd4 28.Rd1 Ke7 29.Rxd4 Bf7
30.b3 Rh8 31.Rhd6 Bd5 32.Rg6 Bf7 33.Rgd6 Bd5 34.Rg6 Bf7 35.Rgd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Foygel,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[ECO "E61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 O-O 5.Bg5 d6 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Be2 h6 8.Bh4 g5
9.Bg3 Nh5 10.Nd2 Nxg3 11.hxg3 c5 12.d5 f5 13.f4 Nf6 14.Qc2 e6 15.fxg5 hxg5
16.dxe6 Bxe6 17.g4 Nd7 18.gxf5 Bxf5 19.Bd3 Bxc3 20.Bxf5 Bxd2+ 21.Kxd2 Rf6
22.Be6+ Rxe6 23.Qh7+ Kf8 24.Qh8+ Kf7 25.Rh7+ Kg6 26.Rg7+ Kf5 27.Rf1+  1-0

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Seattle USA"]
[Date "2003.01.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.a3 Nh6 7.b4 cxd4 8.cxd4 Nf5
9.Bb2 Be7 10.h4 h5 11.Bd3 g6 12.Bxf5 gxf5 13.Nc3 Rg8 14.g3 Bd7 15.Bc1 Rc8
16.Ne2 a5 17.b5 Qxb5 18.Bg5 a4 19.Rb1 Qa5+ 20.Kf1 Bxa3 21.Ra1 Qb4 22.Nf4 Rh8
23.Kg2 b5 24.Bf6 Rh6 25.Re1 Qf8 26.Qe2 Be7 27.Bg5 Rh8 28.Rec1 Rb8 29.Rab1 Bxg5
30.hxg5 Qa3 31.g6 fxg6 32.Nxe6 Bxe6 33.Rxc6 Qe7 34.Rxb5 Kf7 35.Ng5+ Qxg5
36.Rc7+ Qe7 37.Rxe7+ Kxe7 38.Rc5 Rhc8 39.Qa6 Rxc5 40.Qa7+ Ke8 41.dxc5 Rc8
42.Qxa4+ Bd7 43.Qd4 Be6 44.f4 Ke7 45.Qb4 Rc6 46.Kh3 Bd7 47.Kh4 Kf7 48.Kg5 Ke7
49.Qb3 Re6 50.Qxd5 Bc6 51.Qa2 Bd7 52.Kh6 Be8 53.Kg7 Bd7 54.Qh2 Rc6 55.Qh4+ Ke8
56.Qf6 Rxf6 57.exf6 Be6 58.c6 g5 59.fxg5 f4 60.g6 fxg3 61.f7+  1-0

[Event "Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Connecticut USA"]
[Date "2003.04.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Langer,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2253"]
[ECO "B14"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.e3 cxd4 4.exd4 d5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nf3 Bb4 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Bd2 Nf6
9.Qa4+ Nc6 10.Bb5 O-O 11.Bxc6 Bxc3 12.bxc3 bxc6 13.O-O Qc7 14.c4 c5 15.Ba5 Bd7
16.Qa3 Qf4 17.Qxc5 Rfc8 18.Qe5 Qg4 19.h3 Qg6 20.Qd6 Bc6 21.d5 Ne4 22.Qe5 Bb7
23.Nh4 Qg5 24.Qxe4 exd5 25.cxd5 Bxd5 26.Qf5  1-0

[Event "Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Connecticut USA"]
[Date "2003.04.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Formanek,E"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2319"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6 4.f3 Nbd7 5.Be3 e5 6.dxe5 dxe5 7.Bc4 b5 8.Bb3 a5
9.a4 b4 10.Nb1 Ba6 11.Nd2 Bc5 12.Bxc5 Nxc5 13.Ne2 O-O 14.Bc4 Nd5 15.Bxa6 Ne3
16.Qc1 Rxa6 17.Kf2 Qb6 18.Kg3 f5 19.h3 Qd8 20.exf5 Qg5+ 21.Kf2 Rxf5 22.Ng3 Qh4
23.Kxe3 Qxg3 24.Qg1 e4 25.Qh2 Qg5+ 26.f4 Qf6 27.Nc4 Ne6 28.Rad1 Nxf4 29.Rd6 Qg5
30.Rhd1 Ra8 31.h4 Nxg2+ 32.Ke2 Nxh4 33.Rg1 Qh5+ 34.Ke3 Raf8 35.Rd7 Rf3+ 36.Kd2  0-1

[Event "Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Connecticut USA"]
[Date "2003.04.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Lein,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2416"]
[ECO "D36"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.Qc2 Be7 7.e3 Nbd7 8.Bd3 Nf8
9.Nge2 Ne6 10.Bh4 g6 11.f3 O-O 12.O-O b6 13.Rad1 Bb7 14.Kh1 Nh5 15.Bf2 Rc8
16.a3 Rc7 17.e4 Rd7 18.e5 f5 19.b4 a6 20.Qa4 b5 21.Qb3 Kh8 22.a4 f4 23.Ra1 Bh4
24.Kg1 Bxf2+ 25.Rxf2 Qh4 26.Qb1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Connecticut USA"]
[Date "2003.04.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Pixton,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2443"]
[ECO "A80"]

1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bg5 d5 4.Bxf6 exf6 5.e3 Be6 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.Nge2 Qd7 8.a3 g6
9.b3 Bf7 10.Na4 b6 11.c4 dxc4 12.Bxc4 Bd6 13.O-O O-O 14.Qc2 Na5 15.Bxf7+ Qxf7
16.b4 Nc4 17.Rfc1 b5 18.Nb2 Nxb2 19.Qxb2 a5 20.bxa5 Rxa5 21.Nc3 c6 22.a4 b4
23.Nb1 c5 24.Nd2 cxd4 25.exd4 Qd5 26.Nb3 Ra7 27.a5 f4 28.Nc5 f3 29.Qb3 Qxb3
30.Nxb3 Ra6 31.gxf3 Kf7 32.Rc4 Ke6 33.h3 Kd5 34.Rc2 Re8 35.Kf1 f5 36.Rac1 Rea8
37.Ra2 Re8 38.Rac2 Rea8 39.Ra1 Re8 40.Ra4 h5 41.Nc5 Rc8 42.Nxa6 Rxc2 43.Nxb4+ Bxb4
44.a6 Rc8 45.Rxb4 Rc1+ 46.Kg2 Ra1 47.Rb6 h4 48.Rxg6 Kxd4 49.Rd6+ Ke5 50.Rh6 Ra2
51.Rxh4 Rxa6 52.Rb4 f4 53.Rb5+ Kf6 54.h4 Kg6 55.Kh3 Ra2 56.Kg4 Rxf2 57.Rb6+ Kg7
58.Kxf4 Ra2 59.Kg4 Ra5 60.f4 Kf7 61.Rb7+ Kf6 62.h5 Rc5 63.Rb1 Ra5 64.Rh1 Ra8
65.h6 Rg8+ 66.Kf3 Rh8 67.h7 Kf5 68.Rh6 Re8 69.Rh5+  1-0

[Event "Generation"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "2003.04.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Krush,I"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2431"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[ECO "A92"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O Ne4 7.Nc3 d5 8.Ne5 c6
9.Nxe4 fxe4 10.f3 Nd7 11.Nxd7 Bxd7 12.cxd5 exf3 13.dxe6 Bxe6 14.Bxf3 Qb6
15.Bf4 Bf6 16.e3 Rad8 17.Qe2 Qb4 18.a3 Qb3 19.Rac1 Rfe8 20.Rc3 Qb6 21.h4 Bd5
22.Bxd5+ Rxd5 23.Qc2 Kh8 24.Rb3 Rb5 25.Rxb5 Qxb5 26.Rd1 Qh5 27.Kf2 h6 28.Qe2 Qf5
29.Kg1 Re6 30.h5 Re8 31.b4 a5 32.Qf3 axb4 33.axb4 Kh7 34.d5 cxd5 35.Qxd5 Qg4
36.Rf1 Rd8 37.Qe4+ Kg8 38.Qf3 Qh3 39.Rd1 Ra8 40.Qxb7 Ra3 41.Qd5+ Kh8 42.b5 Rxe3
43.Bxe3 Qxg3+ 44.Kf1 Qxe3 45.Rd3 Qf4+ 46.Rf3 Qc1+ 47.Kg2 Qb2+ 48.Rf2 Qb4
49.Qf5 Qa5 50.Re2 Qd8 51.Qe4  1-0

[Event "Generation"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "2003.04.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Perelshteyn,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2461"]
[ECO "E61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 g5 7.Bg3 Nh5 8.e3 c5 9.d5 Qa5
10.Qc2 Nd7 11.Be2 Nb6 12.Nd2 Nxg3 13.fxg3 Bxc3 14.bxc3 Qa4 15.Qe4 Qa3 16.O-O Qxc3
17.Rad1 f5 18.Qb1 Qxe3+ 19.Rf2 Bd7 20.Bd3 Qd4 21.Bxf5 O-O-O 22.Bd3 Rhf8 23.Nf3 Qg7
24.Rb2 Kc7 25.Re1 Rf7 26.Rbe2 Rg8 27.Re3 h5 28.Qc2 Nc8 29.Kh1 Qf6 30.Re4 Bg4
31.Nd2 Rgf8 32.h3 Bd7 33.R4e3 Qg7 34.Ne4 Bf5 35.Qe2 h4 36.g4 Bxe4 37.Bxe4 Rf2
38.Qd1 Qd4 39.Qb1 Qxe3 40.Rxe3 Rf1+ 41.Kh2 Rxb1 42.Bxb1 Kd8 43.Bf5 Nb6 44.Rc3 Kc7
45.g3 hxg3+ 46.Kxg3 Rh8 47.Re3 Kd8 48.Re6 Nxc4 49.Rg6 Ne3 50.Rxg5 c4 51.h4 c3
52.h5 c2 53.Bxc2 Nxc2 54.Rg6 Ne3 55.h6 Nxd5 56.g5 Ke8 57.Kg4 Nc7 58.Kf5 Kf8
59.a4 Rh7 60.Kg4 b6 61.Kh5 a6 62.Kg4 b5 63.axb5 axb5  0-1

[Event "Generation"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "2003.04.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Christiansen,L"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[ECO "C06"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ne2 cxd4 8.cxd4 Qb6
9.Nf3 f6 10.exf6 Nxf6 11.O-O Bd6 12.Nc3 O-O 13.a3 Bd7 14.Bg5 Kh8 15.Na4 Qc7
16.Rc1 Be8 17.Qd2 Ng4 18.h3 Nh2 19.Nxh2 Bxh2+ 20.Kh1 Bf4 21.Bxf4 Qxf4 22.Qxf4 Rxf4
23.Nc5 Nd8 24.Rfe1 Rxd4 25.Bf5 Bc6 26.Bxe6 Nxe6 27.Nxe6 Rd2 28.b4 Re8 29.Kg1 d4
30.Re5 Kg8 31.Rce1 d3 32.b5 Bd7 33.Nxg7 Rxe5 34.Rxe5 Rb2 35.Rd5 Bxb5 36.Nf5 d2
37.Ne3 Be2 38.Kh2 b5 39.Rd7 a5 40.Nd5 Kf8 41.Nf6 d1=Q 42.Nxh7+ Ke8 43.Nf6+ Kf8
44.Nh7+ Ke8 45.Nf6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Generation"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "2003.04.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Yudasin,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[ECO "E41"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Bd3 d5 6.Ne2 cxd4 7.exd4 O-O 8.cxd5 Qxd5
9.O-O Qh5 10.a3 Bd6 11.Bf4 Bxf4 12.Nxf4 Qxd1 13.Rfxd1 Rd8 14.Be2 Nc6 15.d5 exd5
16.Nfxd5 Nxd5 17.Nxd5 Bf5 18.Bf3 Kf8 19.Ne3 Be6 20.Bxc6 bxc6 21.Kf1 Ke7 22.Ke2 c5
23.Rxd8 Rxd8 24.Rd1 Rxd1 25.Nxd1 Kd6 26.Kd3 Ke5 27.Nc3 Kd6 28.f3 f6 29.Ne4+ Kd5
30.Nc3+ Kd6 31.Ne2 Bc8 32.Ng3 Ba6+ 33.Ke3 Ke5 34.Nh5 g6 35.Ng3 f5 36.Nh1 f4+
37.Kd2 Bf1 38.g3 Bg2 39.Nf2 fxg3 40.hxg3 Bxf3 41.Ke3 Bb7 42.Ng4+ Kf5 43.Nh6+ Kg5
44.Nf7+ Kg4 45.Kf2 Bd5 46.Ne5+ Kf5 47.Nd7 c4 48.Ke3 h5 49.Kd4 Be6 50.Nc5 g5
51.Ke3 Bd5 52.Kf2 Bc6 53.Na6 Kg4 54.Nc5 h4 55.gxh4 gxh4 56.Ne6 h3  0-1

[Event "Generation"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "2003.04.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Simutowe,A"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2411"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Bg5 Bb7 8.e3 h6
9.Bh4 d6 10.Nf3 Nbd7 11.Nd2 c5 12.dxc5 bxc5 13.f3 Qb6 14.Bd3 d5 15.O-O a5
16.Bf2 Ba6 17.Rfc1 Rfc8 18.Rab1 Rab8 19.h3 a4 20.Qc2 Ne5 21.Bf1 Qc6 22.Bg3 Nfd7
23.e4 d4 24.f4 Ng6 25.e5 Bb7 26.Nf3 Ne7 27.Bd3 Ba8 28.Re1 Rb3 29.Bh4 Nf5
30.Bf2 Rcb8 31.Be4 Qa6 32.Bxa8 Qxa8 33.Nd2 R3b6 34.g4 Ne7 35.Bh4 Ng6 36.Bg3 Qb7
37.Qxa4 Rxb2 38.Rec1 Kh7 39.h4 Ra8 40.Rxb2 Qxb2 41.Qxa8 Qxc1+ 42.Nf1 d3 43.Qg2 Qxc4
44.Qd2 Ne7 45.a4 Nd5 46.a5 Qe4 47.a6 c4 48.a7 c3 49.Qe1 Qa4 50.a8=Q Qxa8
51.Qe4+ Kg8 52.Qxd3 Qa2 53.Be1 Nxf4 54.Qf3 Ne2+ 55.Kh1 c2 56.Bd2 c1=Q 57.Bxc1 Nxc1
58.Qd1 Qd5+ 59.Qxd5 exd5  0-1

[Event "54th NY Masters"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "2003.04.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Esserman,M"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2236"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6 4.f4 Qa5 5.Bd3 e5 6.dxe5 dxe5 7.fxe5 Ng4 8.Nf3 Nxe5
9.Nxe5 Qxe5 10.Qf3 Bd6 11.g3 Nd7 12.Bd2 Qe7 13.O-O-O Ne5 14.Qg2 Be6 15.Kb1 O-O
16.Ne2 Rad8 17.Nf4 Bc8 18.Rhf1 Bc5 19.h3 Bd4 20.Ne2 Bb6 21.Bc3 Bc5 22.g4 Bb4
23.Bd4 b6 24.Bxe5 Qxe5 25.Qg3 Bd6 26.Qf3 b5 27.Rg1 a5 28.Ng3 a4 29.a3 Be6
30.Nf5 Bc5 31.Qg3 Qxg3 32.Rxg3 g6 33.Nh6+ Kg7 34.g5 Bd6 35.Rf3 Be5 36.h4 c5
37.c3 Rd7 38.Rdf1 Rb8 39.Bc2 b4 40.axb4 cxb4 41.Bxa4 Ra7 42.b3 bxc3 43.Kc2 Rd8
44.Rd1 Rb8 45.Rdd3 Rab7 46.Rf1 f6 47.Rfd1 fxg5 48.hxg5 Rf8 49.Rd8 Rf2+ 50.Kd3 c2
51.Rc1 Rc7  0-1

[Event "54th NY Masters"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "2003.04.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Yudasin,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[ECO "E47"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 d6 7.Ne2 b6 8.e4 Bb7
9.Ng3 Nbd7 10.O-O c5 11.f4 cxd4 12.cxd4 e5 13.fxe5 dxe5 14.d5 Ne8 15.Nf5 Nc5
16.Rf3 Bc8 17.Nh6+ gxh6 18.Bxh6 Qd6 19.Rg3+ Kh8 20.Bxf8 Qxf8 21.Qh5 f6 22.Rf1 Bd7
23.Bc2 Qe7 24.Qh4 Nd6 25.Rgf3 Rf8 26.Rxf6 Rxf6 27.Qxf6+ Qxf6 28.Rxf6 Nxc4
29.Rf7 Kg8 30.Re7 h5 31.Bb3 b5 32.d6 Kf8 33.Bxc4 bxc4 34.Rxe5 Nd3 35.Re7 c3
36.Rxd7 c2 37.Rc7 c1=Q+ 38.Rxc1 Nxc1 39.a3 Kf7 40.Kf2 Ke6 41.Kg3 Ne2+ 42.Kh4 Nc3
43.e5 a5 44.Kxh5 Nb5 45.a4 Nc3 46.g4 Nxa4 47.g5 Nc5 48.g6 a4 49.Kh6 Kxe5
50.g7 Kxd6 51.g8=Q Kc6 52.Qc4  1-0

[Event "54th NY Masters"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "2003.04.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Ehlvest,J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[ECO "D94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.e3 O-O 6.b4 b6 7.Qb3 e6 8.Ba3 Bb7 9.Be2 dxc4
10.Qxc4 Nbd7 11.O-O a6 12.Bb2 c5 13.bxc5 bxc5 14.dxc5 Qc7 15.Na4 Rfc8 16.Rfc1 Bc6
17.Nd4 Bxa4 18.Qxa4 Nxc5 19.Qa3 Nd5 20.Rc2 Qb7 21.Rac1 Bf8 22.Bf3 Rab8 23.Qa5 Nd3
24.Bxd5 Qxb2 25.Qd2 Qxc1+  0-1

[Event "Generation"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "2003.04.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Paschall,W"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2429"]
[ECO "E62"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 c6 6.O-O d6 7.Nc3 Qb6 8.b3 Qa5
9.Qd2 Re8 10.Bb2 Qh5 11.Qg5 Qxg5 12.Nxg5 Na6 13.Rad1 Rb8 14.a3 Nc7 15.b4 Nd7
16.Nb1 Nb6 17.Nd2 Bg4 18.Ngf3 d5 19.Rc1 Rbc8 20.Rfd1 Red8 21.h3 Bxf3 22.Bxf3 dxc4
23.Nxc4 Nxc4 24.Rxc4 e5 25.e3 exd4 26.Bxd4 Nb5 27.a4 Nxd4 28.exd4 Rd6 29.d5 Rcd8
30.Kg2 cxd5 31.Rc7 R6d7 32.Rxd7 Rxd7 33.Rxd5 Rxd5 34.Bxd5 b5 35.axb5 Bc3
36.f4 Kg7 37.g4 Bxb4 38.Kf3 h6 39.Ke4 Be1 40.Bc4 Kf6 41.Bb3 g5 42.f5 Bf2
43.Kd5 Ke7 44.Bc4 f6 45.Kc6 Bb6 46.Bb3 Bf2 47.Bd5 Bb6 48.Bg2 Bf2 49.Be4 Bb6
50.Bd5 Bf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Generation"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "2003.04.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ehlvest,J"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Nce2 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.f4 f5 8.Nf3 Be7
9.Kf2 b5 10.Rg1 b4 11.g4 g6 12.gxf5 exf5 13.Be3 c4 14.Rg3 Rb8 15.Bg2 Nf8
16.Qh1 bxc3 17.bxc3 Ba3 18.Bc1 Bxc1 19.Qxc1 Qa5 20.Ne1 Ne7 21.Nc2 Ne6 22.Bf3 Kf7
23.Rg1 Qa4 24.Ne3 Bb7 25.Qf1 Ba8 26.Qh3 Ke8 27.Rgb1 Rxb1 28.Rxb1 Kd7 29.Qf1 Kc7
30.Rb4 Qxa2 31.Qd1 Bc6 32.Qc1 Kd7 33.Rb1 Qa5 34.Ra1 Qc7 35.Ra6 Rb8 36.Qa1 Rb7
37.Qh1 Rb2 38.Qa1 Nxf4 39.Rxa7 Rb7 40.Ra5 Nxe2 41.Kxe2 Rb2+ 42.Qxb2 Qxa5
43.Qb8 Qxc3 44.Qd6+ Ke8 45.e6 Qb2+ 46.Kf1 c3 47.Qe5 Kd8 48.Qd6+ Ke8 49.Qe5 Kd8
50.Qd6+ Ke8 51.Qe5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Generation"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "2003.05.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Muhammad,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[ECO "E61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.Bg5 d6 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 c5 8.d5 a6 9.a4 Qa5
10.Bd3 Bg4 11.Ra3 Nbd7 12.h3 Bxf3 13.gxf3 Rfe8 14.f4 Nf8 15.Rg1 Qc7 16.Kf1 Qd7
17.Qf3 Kh8 18.Rg2 N8h7 19.Kg1 Rg8 20.Kh2 Ne8 21.Ra1 Nc7 22.Rag1 Rae8 23.a5 Rb8
24.f5 g5 25.f6 exf6 26.Bf5 Qe7 27.Bg3 Nf8 28.Ne4 Rd8 29.Qh5 Ng6 30.h4 Ne8
31.f4 g4 32.Be1 Bf8 33.Rxg4 Rg7 34.Bc3 Kg8 35.R4g3 Rb8 36.R1g2 b6 37.axb6 Rxb6
38.Kh3 Rb3 39.Qd1 Qb7 40.h5 Ne7 41.Rxg7+ Bxg7 42.Qg4 Kf8 43.Nxd6  1-0

[Event "Generation"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "2003.05.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bluvshtein,M"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2451"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Nbd7 6.Qf3 Be7 7.O-O-O h6 8.Nxf6+ Nxf6
9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.Qe4 Bd7 11.Bc4 O-O 12.Nf3 Bc6 13.d5 exd5 14.Bxd5 Bxd5 15.Rxd5 Qe8
16.Qxe8 Rfxe8 17.Rhd1 Re2 18.R1d2 Rxd2 19.Kxd2 c6 20.Rd7 Rd8 21.Rxd8+ Bxd8
22.Ne1 f5 23.Nd3 Kf7 24.f3 Be7 25.c4 Bd6 26.f4 Ke6 27.Ke3 Be7 28.b3 Kd6 29.Ke2 b5
30.h3 h5 31.Ke3 Bf6 32.Kf3 h4 33.Ke3 Kc7 34.cxb5 cxb5 35.Ne1 Kd6 36.Nc2 Kc5
37.Kd3 a5 38.Ne3 g6 39.Nc2 Bb2 40.Ne1 Bf6 41.Nc2 Bb2 42.b4+ axb4 43.Ne1 Bf6
44.Nf3 Kd5 45.Ng1 Bd4 46.Nf3 Bf2 47.Ke2 Bg3 48.Kd3 Kc5 49.Nd4 Kb6 50.Nf3 Ka5
51.Kc2 Ka4 52.Kb2 Bf2 53.Nd2 Bd4+ 54.Kb1 Ka3 55.Nf3 Bf6 56.Nd2 Bd8 57.Ka1 Bf6+
58.Kb1 Ka4 59.Kc2 Be7 60.Kb2 Bd8 61.Kc2 Bf6 62.Kc1 g5 63.Kb1 gxf4 64.Nb3 Ka3
65.Nd2 Bd4 66.Nf3 Bf2 67.Nd2 Bg3 68.Nb3 Ka4 69.Kb2 Bf2 70.Kb1 Bg1 71.Kb2 Be3
72.Kb1 Ka3 73.Na5 b3 74.Nxb3 Kb4 75.Kc2 Kc4 76.Na5+ Kd4 77.Nc6+ Ke4 78.Ne7 Bb6
79.Kd2 Bd8 80.Nc6 Bb6 81.Ne7 Bd8 82.Nc6 Bf6 83.Na7 f3 84.gxf3+ Kxf3 85.Nxb5 Kg2
86.a4 f4 87.a5 Bd8 88.a6 Bb6 89.Nc7 f3 90.Nd5 f2 91.Nxb6 f1=Q 92.a7 Qf4+
93.Kc3 Qc7+  0-1

[Event "CCA Vermont Open"]
[Site "Stratton Mountain USA"]
[Date "2003.06.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Adamson,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2308"]
[ECO "A48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.e3 g6 4.b3 Bg7 5.Bb2 O-O 6.Nbd2 cxd4 7.exd4 Nc6 8.Bd3 d6
9.a3 e5 10.O-O Nh5 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.Nc4 Qc7 13.Re1 f6 14.g3 Be6 15.Qe2 Rfe8
16.Ne3 Rad8 17.Rad1 Qf7 18.Be4 Bf8 19.c4 Ng7 20.Bd5 Bxd5 21.Nxd5 Ne6 22.b4 Nc7
23.Nxc7 Qxc7 24.c5 Rxd1 25.Rxd1 Rd8 26.Rxd8 Qxd8 27.Nd2 Qd5 28.Bc3 Be7 29.h4 Kf7
30.Nc4 Kf8 31.Bb2 Kf7 32.h5 Kg7 33.hxg6 hxg6 34.Qc2 Nd8 35.Ne3 Qd7 36.Qc4 Ne6
37.Nd5 Bd8 38.Qe4 Ng5 39.Qd3 e4  0-1

[Event "CCA Vermont Open"]
[Site "Stratton Mountain USA"]
[Date "2003.06.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Fernandez,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[ECO "D13"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Bf4 Nh5 7.Bd2 g6 8.Qb3 e6
9.e3 Bg7 10.Bb5 Bd7 11.Na4 a6 12.Bxc6 Bxc6 13.Nb6 Rb8 14.a4 O-O 15.O-O Nf6
16.Ba5 Ne4 17.Ne5 Bxe5 18.dxe5 f6 19.f3 Ng5 20.Bc3 f5 21.Bd4 Qe7 22.Rac1 Qg7
23.Bc5 Rfe8 24.Bd6 Rbd8 25.Qc3 h6 26.b4 Nh7 27.Qb3  1-0

[Event "CCA Vermont Open"]
[Site "Stratton Mountain USA"]
[Date "2003.06.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tate,E"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2353"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[ECO "A14"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.b3 Nf6 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O c5 7.d3 Nc6 8.a3 b6 9.Nc3 Bb7
10.Qc2 d4 11.Na4 Nd7 12.e4 e5 13.Bd2 f5 14.exf5 Rxf5 15.Rae1 Qf8 16.Qd1 Nd8
17.Nh4 Bxh4 18.Bxb7 Nxb7 19.gxh4 Rf3 20.Kg2 Rf5 21.f4 Re8 22.Qf3 Nd6 23.Qc6 Nf6
24.b4 e4 25.bxc5 bxc5 26.Ba5 exd3 27.Nxc5 Rc8 28.Bc7 d2 29.Re2 Rxf4 30.Rd1 Rg4+
31.Kh3 Rxc7 32.Qxc7 Nd5 33.Rf2 Rxh4+ 34.Kg3 Qxf2+ 35.Kxf2 Nxc7 36.Kg3 Nf5+  0-1

[Event "CCA Vermont Open"]
[Site "Stratton Mountain USA"]
[Date "2003.06.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Burnett,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[ECO "E45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Ne2 Ba6 6.a3 Be7 7.b3 d5 8.Nf4 O-O 9.Bb2 Bd6
10.Qf3 Bxf4 11.Qxf4 Nc6 12.cxd5 Bxf1 13.dxc6 Bxg2 14.Rg1 Bd5 15.a4 g6 16.Qe5 Ne8
17.e4 f6 18.Qg3 Bxc6 19.O-O-O Qd6 20.Qe3 Bb7 21.Kb1 Rf7 22.h4 Ng7 23.Qh6 Qd7
24.h5 g5 25.f4 gxf4 26.Qxf4 Kh8 27.h6 Ne8 28.e5 fxe5 29.Qxe5+ Nf6 30.d5 Qd6
31.Qxd6 cxd6 32.dxe6 Rff8 33.e7 Rf7 34.Rxd6  1-0

[Event "CCA Vermont Open"]
[Site "Stratton Mountain USA"]
[Date "2003.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Qb6 5.Nf3 Bd7 6.Bd3 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Nc6 8.Nxc6 bxc6
9.O-O f5 10.c4 Ne7 11.Nc3 Ng6 12.Be3 d4 13.Na4 Qa5 14.Bd2 Qxe5 15.Re1 Qf6
16.c5 Be7 17.Qb3 Bc8 18.f4 Bd8 19.Bc4 Kf7 20.Re2 Re8 21.Rae1 Bc7 22.Qf3 Bd7
23.b4 Kf8 24.b5 e5 25.b6 e4 26.Qh5 axb6 27.Nxb6 Bxb6 28.cxb6 Be6 29.Bxe6 Rxe6
30.a4 Kg8 31.a5 c5 32.Rc1 e3 33.Qf3 Re4 34.Rxc5 Nxf4 35.b7 Rf8 36.Rc8 Nxe2+
37.Qxe2 exd2 38.Qxd2 Ree8 39.b8=Q Rxc8 40.Qb3+ Kh8 41.Qa4 Rfd8 42.a6 d3  0-1

[Event "US Open"]
[Site "Los Angeles USA"]
[Date "2003.08.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Wang,Drake"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[ECO "C06"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ne2 Qb6 8.Nf3 cxd4
9.cxd4 f6 10.exf6 Nxf6 11.O-O Bd6 12.Nc3 O-O 13.Be3 Kh8 14.h3 Bd7 15.Re1 Be8
16.a3 Bh5 17.g4 Bf7 18.Qc2 Bg8 19.Kg2 Rac8 20.b4 Qd8 21.Qd2 e5 22.Bf5 e4
23.Ng5 Ra8 24.Ne6 Bxe6 25.Bxe6 Qe8 26.Bxd5 Nxd5 27.Nxd5 Qf7 28.Qa2 Qf3+ 29.Kf1 Qxh3+
30.Ke2 Nxd4+  0-1

[Event "US Open"]
[Site "Los Angeles USA"]
[Date "2003.08.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Abrahamyan,T"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2201"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nbd7 4.Be3 e5 5.f3 c6 6.Qd2 b5 7.g4 h6 8.O-O-O b4
9.Nce2 d5 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.f4 Qa5 12.Kb1 exf4 13.Bxf4 N7f6 14.Nc1 Be6 15.Nb3 Qb6
16.Bd3 a5 17.Ne2 a4 18.Nc5 Bxc5 19.dxc5 Qxc5 20.h3 a3 21.b3 Nxf4 22.Nxf4 O-O
23.Rhg1 Rad8 24.Qc1 Nd5 25.Nxd5 Rxd5 26.Be4 Re5 27.Rge1 Re8 28.Qf4 Bd5  0-1

[Event "US Open"]
[Site "Los Angeles USA"]
[Date "2003.08.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Wang,Ph"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2294"]
[ECO "A80"]

1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bg5 g6 4.e3 Bg7 5.Nf3 c6 6.Bd3 Nh6 7.Ne2 Nf7 8.Bh4 Qb6
9.Rb1 e5 10.dxe5 Nxe5 11.Ned4 c5 12.Nxe5 cxd4 13.Nf3 dxe3 14.Qe2 f4 15.Bg5 h6
16.Bxf4 Qb4+ 17.c3 Qxf4 18.Bxg6+ Kd8 19.Rd1 exf2+ 20.Kxf2 Nc6 21.Rxd5+ Kc7
22.Rhd1 Bg4 23.h3 Bxf3 24.Rd7+ Kb6 25.Qxf3 Qxf3+ 26.gxf3 Rad8 27.Be4 Bf6
28.a4 Rxd7 29.Rxd7 Rd8 30.Rf7 Rd6 31.f4 Bh4+ 32.Ke3 a5 33.Rf5 Re6 34.Kf3 Bd8
35.Rb5+ Kc7 36.Ke3 b6 37.Rf5 Rf6 38.Rh5 Be7 39.Rh4 Bc5+ 40.Ke2 Ne7 41.Kf3 Ng6
42.Bxg6 Rxg6 43.f5 Rc6 44.Re4 Kd7 45.Kg4 Be7 46.Kh5 Rf6 47.Re5 Bd6 48.Rb5 Bc5
49.b4 Rxf5+ 50.Kg6 Rg5+ 51.Kxh6 Be3 52.Rxg5 b5 53.h4 bxa4 54.Kh7 Bxg5 55.hxg5 a3
56.g6 a2 57.g7 a1=Q 58.g8=Q Qh1+  0-1

[Event "US Open"]
[Site "Los Angeles USA"]
[Date "2003.08.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Rade,Danny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D13"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bf4 Nh5 7.Bd2 g6 8.Qb3 Nf6
9.e3 Bg7 10.Bb5 O-O 11.O-O Na5 12.Qa3 a6 13.Be2 Nc6 14.Ne5 Qd6 15.Qxd6 exd6
16.Nd3 Be6 17.Rfc1 Rfc8 18.Bf3 Ne7 19.Nb4 Rc4 20.Na4 Rac8 21.Nb6 Rxc1+ 22.Rxc1 Rxc1+
23.Bxc1 Kf8 24.Bd2 Ke8 25.Kf1 Kd8 26.Nd3 Nc8 27.Na4 Kc7 28.Ba5+ Kd7 29.Nb4 Bf8
30.h3 h5 31.Nd3 Be7 32.Nf4 Bd8 33.Be1 b5 34.Nc3 Nb6 35.Nd3 Kc7 36.Nb4 Kb7
37.Be2 Bd7 38.Nd3 Be7 39.f3 Bc6 40.g4 hxg4 41.hxg4 Kc8 42.Nd1 Kd7 43.b3 Bd8
44.N1f2 Kc7 45.Nh3 Ne8 46.Nhf4 Kb7 47.Nb4 Bg5 48.Bg3 Nc7 49.Nxc6 Kxc6 50.Bd3 Nc8
51.Ke2 Ne7 52.Nh3 Bf6 53.Be1 Kb6 54.Bc2 Nc6 55.Nf4 Bxd4 56.exd4 Nxd4+ 57.Kd1 f5
58.Bf2 Kc5 59.Nd3+  1-0

[Event "US Open"]
[Site "Los Angeles USA"]
[Date "2003.08.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Akopyan,H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2266"]
[ECO "E48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 d5 5.Bd3 O-O 6.Ne2 dxc4 7.Bxc4 c5 8.a3 Bxc3+
9.Nxc3 Qc7 10.dxc5 Qxc5 11.Qe2 Nc6 12.b4 Qg5 13.O-O e5 14.e4 Qg6 15.Be3 Nxe4
16.Nxe4 Qxe4 17.Rfd1 Be6 18.Bxe6 fxe6 19.f3 Qf5 20.b5 Ne7 21.Bc5 Rfe8 22.Bxe7 Rxe7
23.Rac1 e4 24.fxe4 Qe5 25.a4 Rc7 26.Rxc7 Qxc7 27.e5 Rd8 28.Rxd8+ Qxd8 29.Qe4 Qd5
30.Qf4 Qd1+ 31.Kf2 Qc2+ 32.Kg3 Qd3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "US Open"]
[Site "Los Angeles USA"]
[Date "2003.08.13"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bisguier,A"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2297"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[ECO "E53"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.e3 O-O 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 c5 8.cxd5 exd5
9.Bd3 b6 10.O-O Ba6 11.dxc5 bxc5 12.Bxa6 Nxa6 13.c4 Rb8 14.Qc2 Nc7 15.Rd1 Qe7
16.Bb2 Rfd8 17.Be5 Rbc8 18.h3 Ne6 19.Rab1 dxc4 20.Qxc4 Nd7 21.Bd6 Qf6 22.Rb7 Nb6
23.Qc1 c4 24.Be5 Rxd1+ 25.Qxd1 Qf5 26.Rb8 Rxb8 27.Bxb8 c3 28.Ne1 a5 29.Qc2 Qf6
30.Nd3 Nd7 31.Ba7 Ne5 32.Bd4 Nxd4 33.exd4 Nxd3 34.Qxd3 Qc6 35.d5 Qc5 36.Qc2 Qxa3
37.d6 Qxd6 38.Qxc3 a4 39.Qa5 a3 40.g3 g6 41.h4 h5 42.Qa8+ Kg7 43.Kg2 Qb4  0-1

[Event "US Open"]
[Site "Los Angeles USA"]
[Date "2003.08.14"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Zilberstein,Dm"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2357"]
[ECO "E62"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d6 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 c6 7.O-O Qa5 8.e4 e5 9.d5 cxd5
10.cxd5 b5 11.Re1 b4 12.Nb1 Nbd7 13.Nbd2 Qc7 14.a3 Rb8 15.axb4 Rxb4 16.b3 Nc5
17.Qc2 Nfd7 18.Ba3 Rb8 19.b4 Na6 20.Qa4 Nb6 21.Qa5 Nd7 22.Bf1 Qxa5 23.bxa5 Ndc5
24.Nc4 Rd8 25.Nxd6 Rxd6 26.Bxa6 Rxa6 27.Bxc5 Rb5 28.Rec1 Bg4 29.Kg2 Raxa5
30.Bxa7 Rxa1 31.Rxa1 f5 32.d6 fxe4 33.Ng5 Bf3+ 34.Kh3 Rd5 35.Be3 Bf6 36.Ra8+ Kg7
37.Ra7+ Kg8 38.d7 h5 39.Nxf3 exf3 40.Bb6 g5 41.g4 h4 42.d8=Q+ Bxd8 43.Ra8 Kh7
44.Bxd8 e4 45.Bb6 Re5 46.Rf8 Kg6 47.Be3 Kh6 48.Rg8  1-0

[Event "It"]
[Site "Los Angeles USA"]
[Date "2003.08.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Taylor,T"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2401"]
[ECO "D09"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 d4 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.g3 Bf5 6.Bg2 Qd7 7.O-O O-O-O 8.Qa4 Bh3
9.a3 Bxg2 10.Kxg2 h5 11.h4 Nh6 12.b4 Kb8 13.b5 Ne7 14.Bg5 Qg4 15.Nbd2 f6
16.exf6 gxf6 17.Bxf6 Rg8 18.Qc2 d3 19.exd3 Ng6 20.Bg5 Nf5 21.Rfe1 Bd6 22.Re4 Nf4+
23.Bxf4 Bxf4 24.Nf1 Rdf8 25.Rae1 Nd6 26.N1h2 Qg7 27.Re7 Qh8 28.d4 Nf5 29.Re8+ Rxe8
30.Rxe8+ Rxe8 31.Qxf5 Bc1 32.a4 Bb2 33.d5 b6 34.Nf1 Ba3 35.N1d2 Qc3 36.Nb1 Qb2
37.Nxa3 Qxa3 38.Qxh5 Rf8 39.Ne5 Rc8 40.Qf5 Qxa4 41.h5 a5 42.bxa6 b5 43.Nc6+  1-0

[Event "It"]
[Site "Los Angeles USA"]
[Date "2003.08.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Matikozian,A"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Bg4 4.O-O Nd7 5.d3 Ngf6 6.Nbd2 e5 7.e4 dxe4 8.dxe4 Qc7
9.h3 Bh5 10.Qe1 Bc5 11.Nh4 O-O 12.Nb3 Bb6 13.a4 a5 14.Be3 Rfd8 15.Nf5 Bg6
16.Ne7+ Kf8 17.Nxg6+ hxg6  1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Los Angeles USA"]
[Date "2003.08.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Ambarcumjan,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2424"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.c5 Nh5 8.Bd3 Nxf4
9.exf4 b6 10.b4 a5 11.a3 c6 12.O-O Ba6 13.Bxa6 Rxa6 14.Qd3 Qa8 15.b5 Ra7
16.cxb6 Nxb6 17.Ne5 cxb5 18.Nxb5 Rb7 19.Rfc1 Nc4 20.a4 Nd6 21.Nc6 Nc4 22.f5 Bf6
23.fxe6 fxe6 24.Rxc4 dxc4 25.Qxc4 Rb6 26.Rc1 Kh8 27.Nc7 Qb7 28.Nxe6 Re8 29.d5 Rb1
30.Rf1 Rxf1+ 31.Kxf1 Qb1+ 32.Ke2 Qb2+ 33.Kf3 Qa3+ 34.Ke2 Qb2+ 35.Kf3 Qa3+
36.Kg4 Qb2 37.Kf3 Qa3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Los Angeles USA"]
[Date "2003.08.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Becerra Rivero,J"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Nf3 c5 6.dxc5 Nc6 7.Bf4 Bxc5 8.Bd3 f6
9.exf6 Qxf6 10.Bg3 O-O 11.O-O Nd4 12.Nxd4 Bxd4 13.Qh5 g6 14.Qe2 Nc5 15.Nd1 Nxd3
16.Qxd3 Bd7 17.c3 Bb6 18.Ne3 h5 19.h3 Rf7 20.Kh1 Qg5 21.Bd6 e5 22.Nxd5 e4
23.Qxe4 Re8 24.f4 Qg3 25.Be5 Bxh3 26.Nxb6 Bf5 27.Qa4 Rd8 28.Rad1 Qh4+ 29.Kg1 axb6
30.Rxd8+ Qxd8 31.Rd1 Rd7 32.Qb3+ Kf8 33.Rxd7 Qxd7 34.Qxb6 Ke8 35.Qe3 Kf7
36.c4 Qc6 37.b3 Qe4 38.Qd2 Qd3 39.Qa5 Qd1+ 40.Kh2 Qd7 41.Qb6 Qe7 42.Kg1 Be4
43.b4 Qh4 44.Qe3 Bf5 45.b5 Qg4 46.c5 Qd1+ 47.Kh2 Qd3 48.Qxd3 Bxd3 49.a4 Ke6
50.Kg3 Bc4 51.c6 bxc6 52.bxc6 Bd5 53.c7 Bb7 54.Kf2 Kd5 55.Kf3 Bc8 56.Bf6 Bb7
57.Bd8 Bc8 58.Bf6 Kd6 59.Be5+ Kd5 60.Bc3 Bb7 61.Ke3 Kc6 62.Be5 h4 63.Kf2 Bc8
64.Kf3 Bb7  1-0

[Event "It"]
[Site "Los Angeles USA"]
[Date "2003.08.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Minasian,Art"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.d4 g6 2.Nf3 Bg7 3.g3 c5 4.c3 Qa5 5.Nbd2 cxd4 6.cxd4 Nc6 7.e3 d5 8.Bg2 Qa6
9.Qe2 Qxe2+ 10.Kxe2 b6 11.a3 a5 12.b3 e6 13.Bb2 Ba6+ 14.Ke1 Nge7 15.Bf1 Bxf1
16.Rxf1  1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Los Angeles USA"]
[Date "2003.08.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Khachiyan,M"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2473"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[ECO "C18"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Qg4 O-O 8.Nf3 Nbc6
9.Bd3 f5 10.exf6 Rxf6 11.Bg5 Rf7 12.Qh4 h6 13.Bxe7 Qxe7 14.Qxe7 Rxe7 15.O-O c4
16.Be2 Bd7 17.Rfe1 Rae8 18.Bf1  1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Los Angeles USA"]
[Date "2003.08.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Kretchetov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[ECO "B31"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.Re1 Nf6 6.c3 O-O 7.h3 e5 8.a3 a6 9.Bxc6 dxc6
10.d3 Re8 11.Qc2 Nh5 12.Bg5 Qd6 13.Nbd2 h6 14.Be3 Nf4 15.Bxf4 exf4 16.e5 Qc7
17.Ne4 Bf5 18.Nd6 Rxe5 19.Nxe5 Qxd6 20.Nc4 Qc7 21.Nd2 Qd7 22.Ne4 f3 23.Re3 fxg2
24.Kxg2 b6 25.Rae1 Be6 26.Qe2 Bd5 27.Kg1 Rf8 28.Nd2 Be6 29.Qf3 Bd5 30.Qg3 Be6
31.Nc4 Qb7 32.Rxe6 fxe6 33.Qxg6 Rf6 34.Qe8+ Bf8 35.Rxe6 Qg7+ 36.Kf1 b5 37.Ne5 Qg5
38.Rxf6 Qxf6 39.Nd7  1-0

[Event "It"]
[Site "Los Angeles USA"]
[Date "2003.08.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sevillano,E"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Nce2 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Nf3 cxd4 8.cxd4 f6
9.exf6 Nxf6 10.Nc3 Bd6 11.Bd3 O-O 12.O-O Bd7 13.Be3 Be8 14.Ng5 Qe7 15.f4 h6
16.Nh3 Bh5 17.Be2 Bxe2 18.Qxe2 Qf7 19.Rad1 Rae8 20.Kh1 Ne7 21.Bf2 Bb4 22.Bh4 Nf5
23.Bxf6 Qxf6 24.Qd3 Bxc3 25.bxc3 Nd6 26.Rf3 Qf5 27.Qe2 Rc8 28.Nf2 Ne4 29.Nxe4 dxe4
30.Re3 Qxf4 31.Rxe4 Qf2 32.Rxe6 Rxc3 33.h3 Qxe2 34.Rxe2 Rc6 35.Re7 Rf7 36.Re8+ Rf8
37.Re7 Rf7 38.Re8+ Kh7 39.Rd2 Rd6 40.Re4 Kg6 41.Kh2 Rd5 42.Kg3 Rf6 43.h4 Kf7
44.Rde2 Rd7 45.h5 b5 46.Re5 a6 47.R2e4 b4 48.d5 a5 49.d6 Rfxd6 50.Rf5+ Rf6
51.Rxa5 Rb7 52.Rae5 b3 53.axb3 Rxb3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "It"]
[Site "Los Angeles USA"]
[Date "2003.08.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Yudasin,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[ECO "A19"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.e4 c5 4.e5 Ng8 5.d4 cxd4 6.Qxd4 Nc6 7.Qe4 d6 8.Nf3 dxe5
9.Nxe5 Nf6 10.Nxc6 Nxe4 11.Nxd8 Nxc3 12.Nxe6 Bxe6 13.bxc3 Rc8 14.Be3 b6 15.a4 Bxc4
16.Bxc4 Rxc4 17.a5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Levy mem"]
[Site "Denver USA"]
[Date "2003.09.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Rensch,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2323"]
[ECO "A47"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 c5 4.c3 h6 5.Bh4 b6 6.Nbd2 Bb7 7.e3 Be7 8.Bd3 O-O
9.O-O Nc6 10.Qe2 d6 11.a3 Rc8 12.Rad1 Rc7 13.Rfe1 Qa8 14.Bb1 e5 15.Qd3 g6
16.Bxf6 Bxf6 17.Ba2 Kg7 18.dxe5 dxe5 19.e4 Ne7 20.Nc4 Ba6 21.Qc2 Bxc4 22.Bxc4 Rd8
23.Rxd8 Qxd8 24.Qb3 Nc6 25.Qa4 Na5 26.Rd1 Qe7 27.g3 Kf8 28.Rd5 Nxc4 29.Qxc4 Rd7
30.h4 Qe6 31.Kg2 Bg7 32.b4 Rxd5 33.exd5 Qd6 34.h5 g5 35.Qe4 b5 36.Nd2 c4
37.Nf1 Qd7 38.Ne3 Kg8 39.Nf5 Qb7 40.Kf3 f6 41.d6 g4+ 42.Ke3 Qb6+ 43.Ke2  1-0

[Event "Levy mem"]
[Site "Denver USA"]
[Date "2003.09.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Qb6 5.Nf3 Bd7 6.Bd3 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Nc6 8.Nxc6 bxc6
9.O-O f5 10.Nd2 Ne7 11.Nf3 c5 12.Re1 a5 13.Rb1 h6 14.b3 g5 15.a3 Bg7 16.b4 c4
17.Bc2 Qc7 18.b5 O-O 19.a4 Ng6 20.Ba3 Rf7 21.Bd6 Qb7 22.Nd4 Bf8 23.g4 Bxd6
24.exd6 Nf4 25.gxf5 exf5 26.Qf3 Qb6 27.Ne2 Qxd6 28.Nxf4 gxf4 29.Rbd1 Kh8
30.Rxd5 Rg8+ 31.Kf1 Qg6 32.Rde5 Bc8 33.Qxf4 Bb7 34.R1e3 Qg2+ 35.Ke2 Rf6 36.Rg3 Qh1
37.Rxg8+ Kxg8 38.Qxc4+ Kg7 39.Re3  1-0

[Event "Gufeld Memorial"]
[Site "Burbank USA"]
[Date "2003.11.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Ortiz,E PHI"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[ECO "E61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 O-O 5.Bg5 d6 6.e3 c5 7.d5 Bf5 8.Nd2 h6 9.Bh4 Qb6
10.Qc1 g5 11.Bg3 Nh5 12.Be2 Nxg3 13.hxg3 Nd7 14.f4 e6 15.e4 Bg6 16.Qc2 Rfe8
17.dxe6 fxe6 18.O-O-O Rad8 19.Bd3 gxf4 20.gxf4 Rf8 21.g3 Nb8 22.e5 Bxd3 23.Qxd3 dxe5
24.Qg6 Rf6 25.Qg4 Rd4 26.Nde4 Rf5 27.Rxh6 exf4 28.Rdh1 Qc7 29.Qg6  1-0

[Event "Gufeld Memorial"]
[Site "Burbank USA"]
[Date "2003.11.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kraai,J"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2443"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.b3 Bd6 7.Bb2 O-O 8.Be2 b6
9.O-O Bb7 10.Qc2 Rc8 11.Rac1 Qe7 12.Rfd1 Rfd8 13.e4 dxe4 14.Nxe4 Nxe4 15.Qxe4 Nf6
16.Qh4 c5 17.dxc5 Bxc5 18.Bd3 h6 19.Ne5 Rd6 20.Bc2 Rcd8 21.Rxd6 Bxd6 22.Re1 Ba3
23.Bxa3 Qxa3 24.Ng4 Qb2 25.Nxf6+ Qxf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Gufeld Memorial"]
[Site "Burbank USA"]
[Date "2003.11.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Sharavdorj,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2411"]
[ECO "A46"]

1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bg5 h6 4.Bh4 c5 5.c3 b6 6.e3 Bb7 7.Nbd2 Be7 8.Bd3 cxd4
9.exd4 d6 10.O-O Nbd7 11.Qe2 a6 12.a4 O-O 13.Rfe1 Re8 14.Nc4 Qc7 15.Nfd2 Bf8
16.Bg3 Qc6 17.Qf1 Nh5 18.Be4 d5 19.Bf3 Nxg3 20.hxg3 Qc7 21.Ne3 Bc6 22.Qd3 b5
23.axb5 axb5 24.b4 Nb6 25.Nb3 Nc4 26.Qe2 g6 27.Nxc4 dxc4 28.Nc5 Bg7 29.Rxa8 Bxa8
30.Ra1 Bxf3 31.Qxf3 Qb8 32.Qc6 Rc8 33.Qa6 e5 34.d5 Rd8 35.Qc6 Rc8 36.Qa6 Rd8
37.Rd1 e4 38.d6 e3 39.fxe3 Bxc3 40.Qb7 Bxb4 41.Qxb8 Rxb8 42.Na6 Bxd6 43.Nxb8  1-0

[Event "Gufeld Memorial"]
[Site "Burbank USA"]
[Date "2003.11.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Matikozian,A"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[ECO "A08"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6 4.O-O c5 5.d3 Nc6 6.Nbd2 Be7 7.e4 b6 8.Qe2 Bb7
9.Re1 Qc7 10.e5 Nd7 11.Nf1 h6 12.h4 g5 13.hxg5 hxg5 14.Bxg5 Bxg5 15.Nxg5 Ndxe5
16.f4 Qe7 17.Bxd5 exd5 18.Nf3 O-O-O 19.Nxe5 Nxe5 20.Qxe5 Qd7 21.Re2 d4 22.Kf2 Rde8
23.Qf6 Rxe2+ 24.Kxe2 Re8+ 25.Kd2 Qh3 26.b3 Qg2+ 27.Kc1 Qxf1+ 28.Kb2 Qf3 29.Qxf7 Re2
30.Qf8+ Kc7 31.Qg7+ Kb8 32.Qg6 Bc6 33.Rc1 Kb7 34.a3 a5  0-1

[Event "Gufeld Memorial"]
[Site "Burbank USA"]
[Date "2003.11.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Sevillano,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[ECO "A46"]

1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bg5 Be7 4.Nbd2 h6 5.Bh4 b6 6.e4 Bb7 7.e5 Ne4 8.Bxe7 Qxe7
9.Nxe4 Bxe4 10.Bd3 Bxd3 11.Qxd3 Qb4+ 12.Ke2 d6 13.a3 Qa4 14.Rhe1 Nd7 15.Kf1 O-O
16.Rad1 dxe5 17.Nxe5 Nxe5 18.dxe5 Qh4 19.Qg3 Qxg3 20.hxg3 Rfd8 21.Ke2 Kf8
22.g4 Ke7 23.Ke3 Rd5 24.Rxd5 exd5 25.f4 Ke6 26.Kd3 g6 27.Rh1 Rh8 28.b4 c5
29.bxc5 bxc5 30.g3 Rb8 31.Rxh6 Rb1 32.f5+ Kxe5 33.fxg6 fxg6 34.Rxg6 Rg1 35.Rg5+ Kd6
36.Rg6+ Kc7 37.a4 Rxg3+ 38.Kd2 d4 39.g5 c4 40.Rg8 Rg2+ 41.Kd1 Kb6 42.Rc8 d3
43.Rxc4 dxc2+ 44.Kc1 Ka5 45.g6 Rxg6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Gufeld Memorial"]
[Site "Burbank USA"]
[Date "2003.11.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Khachiyan,M"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2464"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[ECO "C09"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Bb5+ Nc6 6.Ngf3 Bd6 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.O-O Ne7
9.Nb3 Bd6 10.Re1 O-O 11.Bg5 Bg4 12.Bh4 Qc7 13.Bg3 Bxg3 14.hxg3 Rad8 15.c3 a6
16.Be2 Ng6 17.Nfd4 Bxe2 18.Qxe2 Nxd4 19.Nxd4 Rd7 20.Rad1 Ne7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Gufeld Memorial"]
[Site "Burbank USA"]
[Date "2003.11.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Mikhalevski,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[ECO "D02"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O d5 6.Bf4 c5 7.c3 cxd4 8.cxd4 Qb6
9.b3 Ne4 10.Be5 Nc6 11.Bxg7 Kxg7 12.e3 Bf5 13.Nfd2 Nxd2 14.Qxd2 Bxb1 15.Raxb1 e6
16.Rfc1 Rfc8 17.Rc3 Ne7 18.Rbc1 Rxc3 19.Rxc3 Rc8 20.Qc2 Rxc3 21.Qxc3 Nc6
22.Bf1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Gufeld Memorial"]
[Site "Burbank USA"]
[Date "2003.11.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Yegiazarian,A"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2521"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[ECO "E52"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 b6 7.O-O Bb7 8.Bd2 dxc4
9.Bxc4 Nbd7 10.a3 Bxc3 11.bxc3 Ne4 12.Qe2 c5 13.Ba6 Qc8 14.Bxb7 Qxb7 15.c4 Rac8
16.Rfc1 Rfd8 17.h3 Ndf6 18.Be1 Qa6 19.Rc2 h6 20.Rb1 cxd4 21.exd4 Qxa3 22.Bb4 Qa6
23.Be7 Rd7 24.Bxf6 Nxf6 25.Rbc1 Rdc7 26.Ne5 Nd7 27.Nxd7 Rxd7 28.Qe3 Rcd8
29.Rd2 Qa4 30.Kh2 Qc6 31.g3 b5 32.c5 a5 33.f3 Rd5 34.f4 b4 35.Rb1 Qb5 36.Rc2 Rxd4
37.c6 Rc4 38.Rbc1 Rxc2+ 39.Rxc2 b3 40.c7 Rc8 41.Rc5 Qb6 42.Qd4 b2 43.Qd7 Qxc5
44.Qxc8+ Kh7 45.Qb7 Qc2+  0-1

[Event "Gufeld Memorial"]
[Site "Burbank USA"]
[Date "2003.11.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Kretchetov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[ECO "D14"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bf4 Bf5 7.e3 e6 8.Bd3 Bxd3
9.Qxd3 Bd6 10.Bg3 O-O 11.O-O Bxg3 12.hxg3 Qe7 13.Rac1 Rfc8 14.Nd2 Rc7 15.Nb5 Rcc8
16.a3 Nd7 17.Nc3 Na5 18.Rc2 Rc6 19.Rfc1 Rac8 20.Ne2 Rxc2 21.Rxc2 Rxc2 22.Qxc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "39th American Open"]
[Site "Los Angeles USA"]
[Date "2003.11.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Cooke,E"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2227"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 a6 8.Qd2 b5 9.g3 Be7
10.Bg2 g6 11.O-O b4 12.Ne2 a5 13.g4 Ba6 14.c3 bxc3 15.bxc3 Nb6 16.Bf2 Nc4
17.Qe1 Nb2 18.Qd2 Nc4 19.Qe1 h5 20.h3 hxg4 21.hxg4 Rb8 22.dxc5 Nb2 23.Nfd4 Qc7
24.Rb1 Bxc5 25.Nxc6 Qxc6 26.Qd2 Ba3 27.Bd4 Rb7 28.Rf3 Nc4 29.Qe1 Nd2 30.Rd1 Nxf3+
31.Bxf3 Bc5 32.Qd2 Bxe2 33.Bxe2 Qc7 34.a4 Qe7 35.Bb5+ Kf8 36.g5 Rc7 37.Rb1 Bxd4+
38.cxd4 Qa3 39.Bd3 Kg7 40.f5 gxf5 41.g6 fxg6 42.Qg5 Qe7  0-1

[Event "39th American Open"]
[Site "Los Angeles USA"]
[Date "2003.11.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Ganbold,O"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2417"]
[ECO "A41"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Bg4 3.c4 Bxf3 4.gxf3 c6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.f4 g6 7.e4 Bg7 8.e5 Ng8
9.Be3 Nh6 10.Bh3 Na6 11.Rg1 Kf8 12.Qd2 e6 13.d5 exd5 14.cxd5 cxd5 15.O-O-O dxe5
16.fxe5 Ng8 17.f4 Qh4 18.Bg2 Bh6 19.Qxd5 Re8 20.Kb1 Ne7 21.Qxb7 Nf5 22.Bxa7  1-0

[Event "39th American Open"]
[Site "Los Angeles USA"]
[Date "2003.11.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Aramil,W"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2190"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.d4 c5 6.dxc5 Nc6 7.Bf4 Nxc5 8.a3 Be7
9.h4 f6 10.g3 O-O 11.b4 fxe5 12.Bd2 Nd7 13.Bh3 Nb6 14.b5 Nd4 15.Nxe5 Bd6
16.Be3 Bxe5 17.Bxd4 Qf6 18.Ne2 Bxd4 19.Qxd4 e5 20.Qe3 Nc4 21.Qc5 Qf3 22.Rh2 Bxh3
23.Rxh3 b6  0-1

[Event "39th American Open"]
[Site "Los Angeles USA"]
[Date "2003.11.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Cozianu,C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2431"]
[ECO "D70"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 g6 5.Bd3 Bg7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nbd2 Nbd7 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.e4 Nf4 10.Bc2 Qc7 11.g3 Ne6 12.Nb3 Rd8 13.Qe2 Nf6 14.Bd2 a5 15.a4 Nf8 16.Ne5 Be6
17.Rac1 Qb6 18.Nc4 Bxc4 19.Qxc4 Ne6 20.Bc3 Rd7 21.Rcd1 Qa6 22.Nxa5 Qa7 23.Kg2 c5
24.Nb3 cxd4 25.Nxd4 Qc5 26.Qb5 Qxb5 27.Nxb5 Rxd1 28.Rxd1 Nc5 29.e5 Ng4 30.Nc7 Rb8
31.Rd5 b6 32.h3 Nh6 33.a5  1-0

[Event "39th American Open"]
[Site "Los Angeles USA"]
[Date "2003.11.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Wojtkiewicz,A"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[ECO "D34"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.d4 c5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg2 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.Nc3 O-O
9.Bg5 cxd4 10.Nxd4 h6 11.Bf4 Bg4 12.h3 Be6 13.Rc1 Rc8 14.Nxe6 fxe6 15.e4 d4
16.e5 dxc3 17.exf6 Qxd1 18.Rfxd1 Bxf6 19.bxc3 Rfd8 20.Be3 b6 21.Rxd8+ Nxd8
22.c4 Nc6 23.c5 Nb4 24.a4 Nd3 25.cxb6 Rxc1+ 26.Bxc1 axb6 27.Bd2 Bd4 28.Kf1 Nc5
29.Bc6 Kf7 30.Ke2 e5 31.f4 Ke6 32.fxe5 Bxe5 33.Be1 Kd6 34.Be8 Ke7 35.Bb5 Ne4
36.Kf3 Bc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "39th American Open"]
[Site "Los Angeles USA"]
[Date "2003.11.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Blatny,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[ECO "B00"]

1.d4 b6 2.e4 Bb7 3.Nd2 e6 4.Ngf3 c5 5.c3 Nf6 6.Bd3 cxd4 7.cxd4 Ba6 8.Bxa6 Nxa6
9.O-O Be7 10.Qe2 Nc7 11.b3 d5 12.e5 Nd7 13.Bb2 Qc8 14.Ne1 Qa6 15.Qxa6 Nxa6
16.a3 f6 17.f4 f5 18.Nd3 Rc8 19.Rac1 Rxc1 20.Rxc1 Ndb8 21.h3 Kd7 22.Kf2 Nc6
23.Ke3 Nc7 24.g4 g6 25.a4 Rb8 26.Ra1 Na6 27.Bc3 Rc8 28.Nf3 Bb4 29.Bxb4 Naxb4
30.Nfe1 Nxd3 31.Nxd3 Na5 32.gxf5 gxf5 33.Rg1 Kc6 34.b4 Nc4+ 35.Ke2 a5 36.bxa5 Nxa5
37.Nb4+ Kb7 38.Rg7+ Rc7 39.Rxc7+ Kxc7 40.Nc2 Nc4 41.Kd3 Nb2+ 42.Kc3 Nxa4+
43.Kb3 b5 44.Ne1 Nb6 45.Kb4 Kc6 46.Nd3 Na4 47.h4 Kb6 48.h5 h6 49.Kb3 Kc7
50.Kb4 Kc6 51.Kb3 Kd7 52.Kb4 Ke7 53.Nc1 Kd7 54.Kxb5 Nc3+ 55.Kb6 Ne4 56.Ne2 Nd2
57.Kb7 Nc4 58.Nc3 Na3 59.Ne2 Nb1 60.Kb6 Nd2 61.Kb7 Nf1 62.Kb6 Ne3 63.Kb7 Nc2
64.Kb6 Nb4 65.Kb7 Kd8 66.Kb6 Kd7 67.Kb7 Nd3 68.Kb6 Nb2 69.Kb7 Na4 70.Kb8 Nb2
71.Kb7 Nc4 72.Nc3 Na5+ 73.Kb6 Nc6 74.Ne2 Nb4 75.Kb7 Nc2 76.Kb6 Na3 77.Kb7 Nb1
78.Kb6 Nd2 79.Kb7 Nc4 80.Nc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "39th American Open"]
[Site "Los Angeles USA"]
[Date "2003.11.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Atalik,S"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[ECO "D34"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 d5 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.g3 Nf6 7.Bg2 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.Bg5 d4 11.Bxf6 Qxf6 12.Nd5 Qd8 13.Nd2 Re8 14.Rc1 Bb6 15.Nc4 Bg4
16.Re1 Ba5 17.Nxa5 Qxa5 18.b4 Nxb4 19.Qxd4 Nxd5 20.Qxg4 Rad8 21.Red1 Nf6
22.Rxd8 Rxd8 23.Qc8 g6 24.Qxb7 Qxa2 25.Qe7 Qd2 26.Rc7  1-0

[Event "39th American Open"]
[Site "Los Angeles USA"]
[Date "2003.11.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Matikozian,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[ECO "E61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 d6 5.Bg5 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Be2 e5 8.O-O h6
9.Bh4 g5 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Bg3 Nh5 12.Nd2 Nxg3 13.hxg3 f5 14.g4 Nc5 15.Qc2 fxg4
16.b4 Na6 17.a3 Bf5 18.Nde4 c6 19.c5 Nc7 20.Qb3+ Be6 21.Bc4 Qe7 22.Rad1 Kh8
23.Bxe6 Nxe6 24.Rd6 Rae8 25.Rfd1 Rf7 26.b5 cxb5 27.Qxb5 a6 28.Qb6 Nc7 29.Qxb7 Qf8
30.Rd7 Rxd7 31.Rxd7 Ne6 32.Qd5 Qg8 33.c6  1-0

[Event "North American Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2003.12.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Kelson,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2269"]
[ECO "A47"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 b6 3.Bg5 Bb7 4.Nbd2 e6 5.c3 Be7 6.Qc2 d5 7.e3 Nbd7 8.Bd3 c5
9.O-O Qc7 10.Rfe1 h6 11.Bh4 O-O 12.Rad1 Rfe8 13.Qb1 Bd6 14.a3 g5 15.Bg3 e5
16.dxe5 Nxe5 17.Bb5 Re6 18.Qf5 Ng6 19.c4 Bxg3 20.hxg3 Rd8 21.cxd5 Bxd5 22.e4 Ne7
23.Qh3 Nxe4 24.Nxe4 Bxe4 25.Rc1 Kg7 26.Bc4 Bf5 27.g4 Rxe1+ 28.Rxe1 Bg6 29.Ne5 Rd4
30.Qc3 f6 31.Nf3 Re4 32.Rd1 Rxg4 33.Be6 Bf5 34.Rd7 Qxd7 35.Bxd7 Bxd7 36.Ne1 Bc6
37.f3 Rd4 38.Nc2 Rd7 39.Ne3 Kf7 40.b4 cxb4 41.axb4 Kg7 42.Ng4 Rd6 43.b5 Be8
44.Qe1 Kf8 45.Qa1 f5 46.Qh8+ Ng8 47.Ne3 Rf6 48.Nd5 Rf7 49.Qc3 Ne7 50.Qb4 Bd7
51.Qd6 Bxb5 52.Qd8+  1-0

[Event "North American Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2003.12.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tate,E"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2361"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Nbd7 6.Nf3 h6 7.Bxf6 Nxf6 8.Bb5+ c6
9.Nxf6+ Qxf6 10.Bd3 Bd6 11.Qe2 Bd7 12.O-O-O O-O-O 13.Kb1 Kb8 14.Ne5 Bc8 15.Rhe1 c5
16.dxc5 Bxc5 17.c3 Rhf8 18.Rd2 Rd5 19.g3 Rfd8 20.f4 g5 21.c4 Rd4 22.fxg5 hxg5
23.Rf1 Qg7 24.Rxf7 Qg8  1/2-1/2

[Event "North American Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2003.12.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Boros,De"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2393"]
[ECO "D89"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 c5 7.Bc4 Bg7 8.Ne2 O-O
9.O-O Nc6 10.Be3 Na5 11.Bd3 Bg4 12.f3 cxd4 13.cxd4 Be6 14.d5 Bxa1 15.Qxa1 f6
16.Bh6 Re8 17.Kh1 Rc8 18.Nf4 Bd7 19.e5 Nc4 20.e6 Bb5 21.Qe1 Nd6 22.Bxg6 hxg6
23.Qg3 Bd3 24.Nxd3 Kh7 25.Nf4 Rg8 26.Qh3 Rh8 27.Bf8+ Kg8 28.Bxe7 Qxe7 29.Qxh8+ Kxh8
30.Nxg6+ Kg7 31.Nxe7 Rc7 32.g4 Rxe7 33.Kg2 Rc7 34.h4 Rc5 35.Rd1 b5 36.h5 Rc2+
37.Kg3 b4 38.f4 Kh6 39.Kh4 Rh2+ 40.Kg3 Rxa2 41.Rc1 b3 42.Rb1 b2 43.Kh4 a5
44.g5+ fxg5+ 45.fxg5+ Kg7 46.g6 Kh6 47.g7 Kxg7 48.Kg5 a4 49.h6+ Kh7 50.Kf6 a3
51.Ke7 Ra1 52.Kxd6 Rxb1 53.e7 Re1  0-1

[Event "North American Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2003.12.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Vigorito,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2372"]
[ECO "D13"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bf4 a6 7.Rc1 Bf5 8.e3 e6
9.Qb3 Ra7 10.Be2 Be7 11.O-O Nd7 12.Na4 O-O 13.a3 Na5 14.Qa2 Nc4 15.b3 Nxa3
16.Nc5 Nxc5 17.dxc5 Nc2 18.Rxc2 Bxc2 19.Qxc2 Ra8 20.b4 Rc8 21.Ra1 Re8 22.Bd3 g6
23.Be5 Bf6 24.Qb2 Bxe5 25.Nxe5 f6 26.Nf3 Qe7 27.h4 e5 28.Bc2 Rcd8 29.Rd1 Kg7
30.Ba4 Rf8 31.Qc3 h5 32.Bb3 e4 33.Ng5 Kh6 34.Nh3 g5 35.Bxd5 Rfe8 36.Rd4 Qc7
37.Rxe4  1-0

[Event "North American Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2003.12.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Aigner,M USA"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2160"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[ECO "A03"]

1.f4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 Bf5 4.b3 e6 5.Bb2 Be7 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Be2 Nxe5 8.Bxe5 Nd7
9.Bc3 Bh4+ 10.g3 Bf6 11.O-O Bh3 12.Rf2 Qe7 13.Bg4 Bxg4 14.Qxg4 h5 15.Qf3 O-O-O
16.Bxf6 gxf6 17.Nc3 f5 18.Rg2 Nf6 19.Ne2 Rh7 20.d3 h4 21.a4 Rdh8 22.Rd1 Qc5
23.Rd2 Ng4 24.Kh1 Qxe3 25.Qxe3 Nxe3 26.Rg1 Ng4 27.Rg2 h3  0-1

[Event "Western Class Championships"]
[Site "Agoura Hills USA"]
[Date "2004.01.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sterin,I"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[ECO "C06"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.c3 c5 6.Ndf3 Nc6 7.Bd3 Qb6 8.Ne2 cxd4
9.cxd4 f6 10.exf6 Nxf6 11.O-O Bd6 12.Ng3 O-O 13.Re1 Kh8 14.Bb1 Bd7 15.Re2 Rae8
16.Be3 Ng4 17.Ng5 Nxe3 18.fxe3 g6 19.Rd2 Ne7 20.Qg4 Nf5 21.Bxf5 exf5 22.Qh4 Re7
23.Ne2 Bb4 24.Nc3 Bc6 25.Qh6 Rfe8 26.Rc1 Qd8 27.Rf2 Rd7 28.Nf3 Bf8 29.Qf4 Bd6
30.Qh6 Qf6 31.Nd1 Rde7 32.g3 Rc7 33.Rfc2 Rce7 34.Rf2 Rd7 35.Rfc2 Kg8 36.Rf2 a5
37.Rfc2 Re4 38.Qh3 h5 39.Qg2 Rde7 40.Qf2 Kg7 41.Nd2 Rg4 42.Nf1 h4 43.Qf3 hxg3
44.hxg3 Qg5 45.Rg2 Rge4 46.a4 R7e6 47.Ra1 b6 48.Kf2 Re8 49.Rh2 f4 50.gxf4 Bxf4
51.Rg2 Qh4+ 52.Kg1 Bd6 53.Qf5 Qh6 54.Qg5 Rh8 55.Qxh6+ Rxh6 56.Nf2 Reh4 57.Ng3 Bd7
58.Rc1 Kf7 59.b3 Ke7 60.Ne2 Kd8 61.Rf1 Bh2+ 62.Rxh2 Rxh2 63.Nf4 g5 64.Nxd5 Bc6
65.e4 Bxd5 66.exd5 R2h4 67.Rd1 Rd6 68.Re1 Rxd5 69.Re6 Kc7 70.Re7+ Rd7  0-1

[Event "Western Class Championships"]
[Site "Agoura Hills USA"]
[Date "2004.01.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Casella,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2359"]
[ECO "A70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.h3 Bg7 8.Nf3 O-O
9.Bd3 Nbd7 10.O-O Nh5 11.Bg5 Bf6 12.Be3 Re8 13.Qd2 a6 14.a4 Ne5 15.Be2 Nxf3+
16.Bxf3 Ng7 17.Rfe1 Bd7 18.Bf4 Be5 19.Bxe5 Rxe5 20.Bd1 Re7 21.a5 b5 22.axb6 Qxb6
23.Ba4 Ne8 24.f4 Bxa4 25.Rxa4 Nc7 26.e5 Nb5 27.Ne4 Qd8 28.Nf6+ Kg7 29.Ng4 Nd4
30.Rxd4 cxd4 31.Qxd4 dxe5 32.fxe5 Re6 33.Rd1 h5 34.dxe6 Qxd4+ 35.Rxd4 hxg4
36.Rd7 gxh3 37.gxh3 Re8 38.Rxf7+ Kg8 39.Rf6 Kg7 40.Kf2 Rb8 41.Ke3 Rxb2 42.Rf7+ Kg8
43.Kd4 Rb5 44.Rf6 Kg7 45.e7 Rb8 46.Kd5 a5 47.Rb6 Ra8 48.Rd6  1-0

[Event "Western Class Championships"]
[Site "Agoura Hills USA"]
[Date "2004.01.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Yermolinsky,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[ECO "E92"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 d6 5.e4 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.Qxd8 Rxd8
9.Bg5 Re8 10.O-O-O Na6 11.Nd2 c6 12.Nb3 Nc7 13.f3 Ne6 14.Be3 Bf8 15.a3 b6
16.Rd2 Ba6 17.Kb1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Western Class Championships"]
[Site "Agoura Hills USA"]
[Date "2004.01.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Sharavdorj,D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2421"]
[ECO "B51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.O-O Bd7 5.c3 Nf6 6.Re1 a6 7.Bf1 Bg4 8.h3 Bh5
9.d3 e6 10.Bf4 Be7 11.Nbd2 O-O 12.Qc2 Rc8 13.a4 d5 14.Be2 d4 15.Qb3 Na5 16.Qa2 Bxf3
17.Nxf3 dxc3 18.bxc3 c4 19.Red1 cxd3 20.Bxd3 Nd7 21.Rac1 Qe8 22.e5 Nc5 23.Bc2 Qc6
24.h4 h6 25.h5 Rfd8 26.Rd4 Qe8 27.Bb1 Rxd4 28.cxd4 Ncb3 29.Rd1 Rc3 30.Be4 Rc4
31.Qe2 Qxa4 32.Bb1 Nxd4 33.Nxd4 Rxd4 34.Rxd4 Qxd4 35.Qc2 Kf8 36.Be3 Qd7 37.Kh2 Ke8
38.Qc3 Nc6 39.Be4 Nxe5 40.Kh3 f6 41.Qb3 Nc6 42.g4 Kd8 43.Qb6+ Kc8 44.Bf4 Bd8
45.Qb3 Bc7 46.Be3 f5 47.gxf5 exf5 48.Qg8+ Nd8 49.Bf3 Qf7 50.Qh8 Kd7 51.Kg2 a5
52.Bd4 Ne6 53.Bc3 Bd8 54.Kg1 Qe7 55.Kf1 Qa3 56.Bd5 Qxc3 57.Bxe6+ Kxe6 58.Qxd8 Qc1+
59.Ke2 Qc4+ 60.Ke1 Qe4+ 61.Kf1 Qh1+ 62.Ke2 Qxh5+ 63.f3 Qh2+ 64.Kf1 Qd6 65.Qc8+ Qd7
66.Qc3 a4  0-1

[Event "Western Class Championships"]
[Site "Agoura Hills USA"]
[Date "2004.01.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Blatny,P"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[ECO "A01"]

1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bd6 5.d4 exd4 6.exd4 O-O 7.a3 Re8+ 8.Kf1 b6
9.Nd2 Bb7 10.Bd3 Ne7 11.Nc4 Ng6 12.Nxd6 cxd6 13.Bc1 Qc7 14.h4 Qc3 15.Bg5 Ng4
16.Nf3 h5 17.Bd2 Qc6 18.Rh3 b5 19.a4 b4 20.Kg1 a5 21.Bb5 Qe4 22.Bxd7 Re7
23.Bb5 Qf5 24.Rc1 Rc8 25.Qf1 Nf4 26.Rg3 g6 27.Nh2 Nxh2 28.Kxh2 Qf6 29.Rg5 Qxd4
30.Be3 Qf6 31.Bxf4 Qxf4+ 32.g3 Qf3 33.Bd3 Rce8 34.Bxg6 fxg6 35.Rxg6+ Kh7
36.Rxd6 Re2 37.Rd7+ Kh8 38.Rxb7 Rxf2+ 39.Qxf2 Qxf2+  0-1

[Event "6th Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Connecticut USA"]
[Date "2004.04.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Privman,B"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2268"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[ECO "D32"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nf3 a6 6.cxd5 exd5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.Be2 Nc6
9.O-O O-O 10.b3 Qd6 11.Bb2 Ba7 12.Qd2 Bg4 13.Rad1 Rad8 14.Qc1 Rfe8 15.Rfe1 h6
16.Nd4 Nxd4 17.exd4 Re6 18.Ba3 Qb8 19.h3 Bxe2 20.Rxe2 Rxe2 21.Nxe2 Ne4 22.Qb1 Qc7
23.Bb4 Bb8 24.g3 Qd7 25.Kg2 Qb5  0-1

[Event "6th Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Connecticut USA"]
[Date "2004.04.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Friedel,J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2398"]
[ECO "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.b6 g6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.e4 d6 8.Nf3 O-O 9.Be2 Nbd7
10.O-O Qxb6 11.Nd2 Qc7 12.h3 Rb8 13.Rb1 Nb6 14.b3 e6 15.dxe6 fxe6 16.e5 dxe5
17.Nce4 Nbd5 18.Ba3 Bb7 19.Qc2 Nf4 20.Bc4 Qc6 21.f3 N6d5 22.Bxc5 Rf5 23.b4 Bf8
24.Rfe1 Rc8 25.Qb3 Nb6 26.Bf1 Na4 27.Rec1 Qd7 28.Bf2 Bd5 29.Bc4 Ne2+ 30.Kh2 Nxc1
31.Rxc1 Rb8 32.a3 Nb6 33.Bxb6 Rxb6 34.Qe3 Qd8 35.Bb3 Rb8 36.Rc3 Qh4 37.Qa7 Ra8
38.Qb6 Bh6 39.g3 Qd8 40.Qxd8+ Rxd8 41.Rd3 Rff8 42.Nc4 Bxe4 43.Rxd8 Rxd8 44.fxe4 Rd3
45.Na5 Kf7 46.Bc4 Rxa3 47.Bxa6 Bd2 48.Bc4 Bxb4 49.Nc6 Rc3 50.Nxe5+ Kf6 51.Ng4+ Ke7
52.Bf1 Bd6 53.e5 Bc7 54.Bg2 h5 55.Nf2 h4 56.gxh4 Bxe5+ 57.Kg1 Rc1+ 58.Bf1 Bd4  0-1

[Event "6th Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Connecticut USA"]
[Date "2004.04.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Enhbat,T"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[ECO "D34"]

1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 d5 4.g3 c5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg2 Nc6 7.Nc3 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.Bg5 cxd4 10.Nxd4 h6 11.Be3 Re8 12.Rc1 Bf8 13.Nxc6 bxc6 14.Na4 Bd7 15.Bc5 Bxc5
16.Nxc5 Bg4 17.Re1 Qa5 18.h3 Bf5 19.Qa4 Qd2 20.Qf4 Qxf4 21.gxf4 Rab8 22.b3 Rb4
23.e3 g5 24.a3 Rb6 25.fxg5 hxg5 26.b4 Kf8 27.Bf1 Rc8 28.Rc3 Ke7 29.Rec1 Kd6
30.f3 Bd7 31.Nb3 Ng8 32.Rc5 Ne7 33.Ra5 Rc7 34.Nd4 Nf5 35.Nxf5+ Bxf5 36.Rac5 f6
37.b5 Bd7 38.a4 Rbb7 39.a5 Rb8 40.Kf2 Rcc8 41.bxc6 Rxc6 42.Rxc6+ Bxc6 43.Rd1 Rb2+
44.Kg3 Bb5 45.Bxb5 Rxb5 46.f4 Rxa5 47.fxg5 fxg5 48.e4 Ke5 49.exd5 Rxd5 50.Ra1 a5
51.Ra4 Kd6 52.Kf3 Re5 53.Rc4 Rc5 54.Rg4 Re5 55.Rc4 Kd5 56.Rc8 Kd4 57.Rc7 Rc5
58.Ra7 Kd3 59.Ra8 Rb5 60.Ra7 Kc3 61.Ke2 Rd5 62.Ra8 Kb2 63.Rb8+ Ka3 64.Ke3 a4
65.Ke4 Rd1 66.Rb5 Rg1 67.Kd3 Rg2 68.Kc3 Ka2 69.Rb4 Rg3+ 70.Kc2 a3 71.h4 g4
72.h5  0-1

[Event "Chicago Open"]
[Site "Chicago USA"]
[Date "2004.05.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Bereolos,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2326"]
[ECO "E61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 O-O 5.Bg5 d6 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Be2 e5 8.O-O h6
9.Bh4 g5 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Bg3 Qe7 12.Qc2 c6 13.Nd2 Re8 14.a3 b6 15.Rfd1 e4
16.b4 Nf8 17.Nb3 Bg4 18.Nd4 Bd7 19.Rd2 N6h7 20.Rad1 f5 21.b5 Qf6 22.bxc6 Bxc6
23.Nxc6 Qxc3 24.Qxc3 Bxc3 25.Rd5 Re6 26.Nd4 Bxd4 27.R1xd4 Rf6 28.Be5 Rc6
29.Rd6 Rac8 30.Rxc6 Rxc6 31.c5 Nf6 32.Rd6 Rxd6 33.Bxd6 Ne8 34.Bc4+ Kg7 35.Be5+ Kh7
36.c6 Ng6 37.c7 Ne7 38.Be6  1-0

[Event "National Open Blitz"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2004.06.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Saidy,A"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2338"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[ECO "E46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Ne2 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.g3 c6 8.Bg2 Re8
9.O-O Nbd7 10.f3 c5 11.a3 Bxc3 12.bxc3 b6 13.Qd3 a5 14.Re1 Ba6 15.Qd2 Rc8
16.Bb2 Qe7 17.Nf4 Qd6 18.e4 dxe4 19.fxe4 cxd4 20.cxd4 Ne5 21.Qf2 Neg4 22.Qf3 Bb7
23.Qd3 Qd7 24.h3 Nh6 25.d5 Rcd8 26.Bxf6 gxf6 27.Nh5 Qe7 28.Qd2 Qf8 29.Nxf6+ Kh8
30.Nxe8 Rxe8 31.e5 Nf5 32.Qf4 Ng7 33.Qf6 Kg8 34.Qxb6 Rb8 35.Qd6 Qe8 36.e6 fxe6
37.dxe6 Bxg2 38.Kxg2 Rb2+ 39.Kg1 Qa8 40.Re4 Rg2+ 41.Kh1 Re2 42.Qf4 Qxe4+
43.Qxe4 Rxe4 44.Rb1 Nxe6 45.Rb5 a4  0-1

[Event "National Open Blitz"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2004.06.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Golod,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[ECO "D41"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 c5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 cxd4 8.cxd4 Bb4+
9.Bd2 Bxd2+ 10.Qxd2 O-O 11.Be2 b6 12.O-O Bb7 13.Qe3 Nd7 14.Rfd1 Rc8 15.Rac1 Qe7
16.h3 h6 17.e5 Rfd8 18.Bd3 Nf8 19.Be4 Bxe4 20.Qxe4 Qa3 21.Qb1 Ng6 22.Rxc8 Rxc8
23.d5 exd5 24.e6 Qe7 25.Re1 Nf4 26.exf7+ Qxf7 27.Ne5 Qf6 28.Qb5 Rf8 29.Ng4 Qd6
30.Rd1 h5 31.Ne3 Qg6 32.Kh2 Kh8 33.Qb4 Qf6 34.Kh1 Re8 35.Rd4 a5 36.Qa4 Rf8
37.Qd1 g6 38.f3 Qg5 39.Qd2 Re8 40.Nf1 Re2  0-1

[Event "National Open Blitz"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2004.06.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Golod,V"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bxf6 Qxf6 8.Rc1 c6
9.a3 Bxc3+ 10.Rxc3 O-O 11.e3 Bg4 12.Be2 Nd7 13.O-O a5 14.b4 axb4 15.axb4 Ra2
16.b5 Rfa8 17.h3 Bh5 18.bxc6 bxc6 19.Rc2 Bg6 20.Rxa2 Rxa2 21.Bd3 Be4 22.Qb1 Bxd3
23.Qxa2 Bxf1 24.Kxf1 Qd6 25.Qa6 g6 26.g3 Kg7 27.Kg2 Qe6 28.Qb7 Qd6 29.Qa6  1/2-1/2

[Event "National Open Blitz"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2004.06.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Fridman,D2"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[ECO "D34"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 c5 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.O-O d5 6.c4 Be7 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Nc3 O-O
9.b3 Bg4 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.Bb2 a6 12.Rc1 Ba7 13.e3 d4 14.exd4 Nxd4 15.Na4 Nxf3+
16.Bxf3 Qxd1 17.Bxd1 Bxd1 18.Rfxd1 Rac8 19.Ba3 Rfe8 20.Rxc8 Rxc8 21.Bc5 Bxc5
22.Nxc5 h5 23.Nxb7 Rc2 24.Rd8+ Kh7 25.Nd6 Kg6 26.a4 Rb2 27.Rb8 Ng4 28.Rb6 f6
29.Ne4 Re2 30.Re6 Kf5 31.Rxa6 Rxe4 32.Ra5+ Re5 33.Ra7 Re1+ 34.Kg2 Re2 35.h3 Nxf2
36.Kf3 Rb2 37.Rxg7 Nd3 38.g4+ hxg4+ 39.hxg4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "National Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2004.06.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Carreto Nieto,G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2174"]
[ECO "A59"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 g6 6.Nc3 Bxa6 7.e4 Bxf1 8.Kxf1 d6
9.Nge2 Bg7 10.h3 Nbd7 11.Kg1 O-O 12.Kh2 Qb6 13.Rf1 e5 14.Qd3 Nh5 15.Qb5 Qd8
16.a4 f5 17.a5 f4 18.f3 g5 19.a6 Nhf6 20.Qc6 h5 21.Qxd6 Ng4+ 22.fxg4 Rf6
23.Qc6 Rxc6 24.dxc6 Nf6 25.Rd1 Qc7 26.gxh5 Qxc6 27.Nd5 Nxd5 28.exd5 Qh6 29.Nc3 Qxh5
30.Bd2 g4 31.Re1 Kf7 32.Ne4 Bf6 33.Nxf6 Kxf6 34.Bc3 gxh3 35.Rxe5 Qg4 36.Rh5+ Kg6
37.Rxh3 Qe2 38.a7 Qe4 39.Ra6+ Kf5 40.Re6 Qxd5 41.Re5+ Qxe5 42.Rh5+  1-0

[Event "National Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2004.06.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Lugo,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[ECO "D13"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bf4 Nh5 7.Bd2 g6 8.Qb3 e6
9.e3 Bg7 10.Bb5 Bd7 11.Na4 a6 12.Bxc6 Bxc6 13.Nb6 Rb8 14.a4 O-O 15.Rc1 Re8
16.Ba5 e5 17.dxe5 d4 18.Nxd4 Rxe5 19.Rxc6 Rxa5 20.Rc4 Nf4 21.g3 Nd5 22.Nxd5 Rxd5
23.O-O Bxd4 24.Rxd4 Rxd4 25.exd4 Qxd4 26.Rd1 Qg4 27.Re1 Qd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "National Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2004.06.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sharavdorj,D"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2444"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[ECO "D19"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O Nbd7
9.Qe2 Bg6 10.e4 O-O 11.Bd3 Rc8 12.Rd1 Bh5 13.e5 Nd5 14.Nxd5 cxd5 15.Qe3 Nb8
16.Rf1 h6 17.Ne1 Qh4 18.g3 Qe7 19.Ng2 f5 20.exf6 Qxf6 21.Nf4 Bf7 22.Bb1 Nc6
23.Qd3 Rfd8 24.Be3 Kf8 25.Qd1 Bd6 26.Nh5 Bxh5 27.Qxh5 Nxd4 28.Bxd4 Qxd4 29.Bh7 Ke7
30.Rae1 Bc5 31.Re2 Rc6 32.Bf5 Rf8 33.Bh3 Rf6 34.a5 a6 35.Kh1 g5 36.Bg2 Ba7
37.f4 gxf4  0-1

[Event "National Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2004.06.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Golod,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[ECO "D92"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Be5 Bxe5 8.Nxe5 c5
9.e3 Nxc3 10.bxc3 Nd7 11.Nf3 b6 12.Be2 Bb7 13.O-O Qc7 14.a4 Nf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "National Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2004.06.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Aigner,M USA"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2224"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6 4.f4 Qa5 5.e5 Ne4 6.Bd2 Nxd2 7.Qxd2 d5 8.Be2 e6
9.Nd1 Qb6 10.Nf3 c5 11.c3 Nc6 12.O-O cxd4 13.cxd4 Nxd4 14.Nxd4 Bc5 15.Kh1 Bxd4
16.Nc3 Bd7 17.Rad1 Bxc3 18.Qxc3 O-O 19.Qh3 Bb5 20.Bd3 Bxd3 21.Rxd3 Qxb2 22.Rg3 Qe2
23.Kg1 Kh8 24.Qh4 f6 25.f5 exf5 26.Rh3 h6 27.Rg3 Qxe5  0-1

[Event "32nd World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2004.07.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Smirin,I"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[ECO "C05"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 Nf6 5.e5 Nfd7 6.c3 Nc6 7.Bd3 Be7 8.O-O g5
9.dxc5 g4 10.Nd4 Ndxe5 11.Bb5 Bd7 12.Bxc6 bxc6 13.f4 Nd3 14.b4 a5 15.N2b3 Nxc1
16.Qxc1 axb4 17.cxb4 Ra4 18.f5 O-O 19.Qf4 e5 20.Qxe5 Bf6 21.Qe1 Re8 22.Qc3 Re4
23.Rae1 Rxe1 24.Rxe1 Rxa2 25.Qg3 h5 26.Qd6 Kg7 27.b5 cxb5 28.c6 Qb6 29.Qxd7 Bxd4+
30.Kh1 Bc3 31.f6+ Kg6 32.c7 Rxg2 33.c8=Q Rxh2+ 34.Kxh2 Qf2+ 35.Kh1 Qxe1+
36.Kg2 Qe2+ 37.Kg1 Qe3+ 38.Kg2 Qh3+ 39.Kg1 Qg3+ 40.Kf1 Qh3+ 41.Kg1 Qe3+ 42.Kg2 Qf3+
43.Kg1 Qg3+ 44.Kf1  1/2-1/2

[Event "32nd World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2004.07.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Wojtkiewicz,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[ECO "D13"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bf4 a6 7.Rc1 Qb6 8.Na4 Qa5+
9.Bd2 Qd8 10.Qb3 e6 11.Nb6 Rb8 12.e3 Ne4 13.Nxc8 Nxd2 14.Nxd2 Bb4 15.a3 Bxd2+
16.Kxd2 Qxc8 17.Bxa6 O-O 18.Be2 Qd7 19.Rhd1 Qd6 20.g3 e5 21.dxe5 Qxe5 22.Ke1 d4
23.exd4 Nxd4 24.Qe3 Qxe3 25.fxe3 Nc6 26.Rd7 Rfe8 27.Kf2 Re6 28.Bb5 Na7 29.Ba4 Ra6
30.Bb3 Rf6+ 31.Ke2 Nc6 32.Bd5 Kf8 33.Bxc6 bxc6 34.b4 Rh6 35.h4 Rg6 36.h5 Rxg3
37.Rxc6 Rg2+ 38.Kf3 Rg5 39.Rcc7 Rf5+ 40.Ke2 h6 41.a4 Kg8 42.b5 Rxh5 43.Rxf7 Rg5
44.Rb7 Ra8 45.Ra7 Rb8 46.Rfb7 Rf8 47.b6 Rg2+ 48.Kd3 Rf1 49.a5 Rb1 50.a6 h5
51.Rxg7+  1-0

[Event "32nd World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2004.07.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Nakamura,H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[ECO "D08"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 d4 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Nbd2 Nge7 6.g3 Ng6 7.Bg2 Ncxe5 8.Nxe5 Nxe5
9.O-O Be7 10.Nf3 Nxf3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "32nd World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2004.07.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Golod,V"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.d4 c5 6.dxc5 Nc6 7.Bf4 Nxc5 8.Be2 a6
9.O-O Be7 10.a3 O-O 11.Re1 f5 12.exf6 Bxf6 13.Bg3 Ne4 14.Qd3 Nxg3 15.hxg3 Bd7
16.Rad1 Rf7 17.Na4 Qa5 18.Qb3 Nd4 19.Rxd4 Bxd4 20.Nc3 Bxc3 21.bxc3 Rc8 22.Qxb7 Qxc3
23.Kf1 Rcf8 24.Qxa6 e5 25.Qd3 Qa5 26.Qe3 e4 27.Nd4 Rxf2+ 28.Qxf2 Rxf2+ 29.Kxf2 Qc5
30.Rd1 Ba4 31.Kf1 Qxa3 32.g4 g6 33.Rb1 Qg3 34.Rd1 e3 35.Kg1 Bxc2 36.Nxc2 Qf2+
37.Kh2 Qxe2 38.Nxe3 Qxe3 39.Rxd5 h6 40.Rd8+ Kf7 41.Rd7+ Kf6 42.Rb7 Qe4 43.Rb6+ Kg5  0-1

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2004.11.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Burnett,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2444"]
[ECO "E41"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Bd3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 d6 7.Ne2 Nc6 8.O-O e5
9.Ng3 O-O 10.d5 Na5 11.f4 Re8 12.fxe5 Rxe5 13.e4 Ng4 14.h3 Qh4 15.Qf3 Nf6
16.Bf4 Bd7 17.Bxe5 dxe5 18.Nf5 Bxf5 19.Qxf5 Re8 20.Rad1 Qh5 21.d6 Qxf5 22.Rxf5 Nd7
23.Bc2 Rc8 24.Ba4 Nc6 25.Rb1 b6 26.Rbf1 f6 27.g4 h6 28.h4 Kf7 29.g5 hxg5
30.Rxg5 Ndb8 31.Rg4 Rd8 32.Rd1 Na5 33.Kf2 Nb7 34.d7 Rg8 35.h5 Nd8 36.Rdg1 Ne6
37.h6 g5 38.h7 Rh8 39.Rh1 Ke7 40.Rh6 Nd8 41.Rg3 Nf7 42.Rh1 Nxd7 43.Bxd7 Kxd7
44.Rf3 Ke7 45.Ke3 Nd6 46.Rh6 Nxc4+ 47.Kd3 b5 48.Rfxf6 Rxh7 49.Re6+ Kd7 50.Rxh7+ Kxe6
51.Rxa7 Nd6 52.Rc7 c4+ 53.Ke3 Kf6 54.a3 Ke6 55.Kf3 g4+ 56.Ke3 Kf6 57.Rd7 Ke6
58.Rg7 g3 59.Rxg3 Nb7 60.Rg6+ Kd7 61.Rg7+  1-0

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2004.11.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lapshun,Y"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2461"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[ECO "C06"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ne2 Qb6 8.Nf3 cxd4
9.cxd4 f6 10.exf6 Nxf6 11.O-O Bd6 12.Nc3 O-O 13.Be3 Kh8 14.h3 Bd7 15.Rc1 Qd8  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2004.11.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Gonzalez,Ren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2428"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 e6 7.f3 Bb4 8.e4 Bxe4
9.fxe4 Nxe4 10.Bd2 Qxd4 11.Nxe4 Qxe4+ 12.Qe2 Bxd2+ 13.Kxd2 Qd5+ 14.Kc2 Na6
15.Nxc4 O-O-O 16.Qe5 f6 17.Qxd5 cxd5 18.Na5 Nc5 19.Nb3 Nxb3 20.Kxb3 Kc7 21.a5 Kd6
22.Be2 f5 23.Ra4 e5 24.Rb4 Rd7 25.Rc1 e4 26.Bb5 Re7 27.a6 bxa6 28.Rc6+ Ke5
29.Bxa6 Rd8 30.Kc3 d4+ 31.Kd2 d3 32.g3 e3+ 33.Ke1 e2 34.Bxd3 Rxd3 35.Rc2 Kf6
36.Rxe2 Rxe2+ 37.Kxe2 Rd6 38.Ra4 Rb6 39.b4 a6 40.Ke3 Kg5 41.Kf3 g6 42.h4+ Kf6
43.Kf4 h6 44.Ke3 Ke7 45.Ra5 Ke6 46.Kd3 Kf6 47.Ke3 g5 48.hxg5+ hxg5 49.Kf3 g4+
50.Kf2 Kg5 51.Kg2 Kg6 52.Kf1 Kf6 53.Kf2 Ke6 54.Ke3 Kf6 55.Kf2 Rxb4 56.Rxa6+ Ke5
57.Ra2  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2004.11.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lakdawala,C"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2422"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[ECO "D04"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nd2 d5 3.Ngf3 Bf5 4.e3 e6 5.Ne5 h6 6.Bd3 Nbd7 7.O-O Bd6 8.Ndf3 c6
9.b3 Ne4 10.Nxd7 Qxd7 11.Bb2 Bg4 12.h3 Bxf3 13.gxf3 Nf6 14.Kg2 g5 15.c4 O-O-O
16.Qc2 Rdg8 17.Rh1 Kb8 18.Bc3 h5 19.c5 Bc7 20.b4 g4 21.hxg4 hxg4 22.Rxh8 Rxh8
23.f4 Qd8 24.Rh1 Rxh1 25.Kxh1 Nh5 26.Be1 f5 27.Kg1 Nf6 28.a4 Kc8  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2004.11.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Gurevich,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2499"]
[ECO "A59"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 g6 6.Nc3 Bxa6 7.e4 Bxf1 8.Kxf1 d6
9.Nf3 Bg7 10.g3 O-O 11.Kg2 Nbd7 12.h3 Qa5 13.Re1 Rfb8 14.Qc2 Nb6 15.Rb1 Nfd7
16.Bg5 Nc4 17.Bxe7 Re8 18.Bg5 Nxb2 19.e5 Nxe5 20.Nxe5 Rxe5 21.Ne4 Qxa2 22.Bf4 Ree8
23.Bxd6 Qxd5 24.Qxc5 Qd3 25.Qc6 Rec8 26.Ra1 Rab8 27.Qd7 Qd5 28.Kh2 Qb7  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2004.11.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zilberstein,Dm"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2379"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Nf3 b5 6.b3 e6 7.Bd3 Nbd7 8.O-O Bb7 9.Bb2 Bd6
10.Qe2 bxc4 11.bxc4 dxc4 12.Bxc4 c5 13.Rfd1 cxd4 14.Rxd4 Bc5 15.Rd2 Qe7 16.Rad1 O-O
17.Bb3 Bb4 18.Qc4 Bxf3 19.gxf3 Rac8 20.Qd4 e5 21.Qh4 Bxc3 22.Rxd7 Qxd7 23.Rxd7 Nxd7
24.Ba3 Nc5 25.Bd5 Rfd8 26.Qc4 Ne6 27.Qb3 Rb8 28.Qc4 Rbc8 29.Bc6 Bb2 30.Bxb2 Rd6
31.Qxa6 Rdxc6 32.Qd3 f6 33.Qd5 Kh8 34.a4 Ra6 35.a5 Rca8 36.Bc3 Nd8 37.Bb4 Nc6
38.Bc5 Nxa5 39.Qf7 Rg8 40.Qc7 Raa8 41.Qf7 Rgc8 42.Bb4 Nc4 43.h4 Rab8 44.Qe6 h6
45.h5 Rc7 46.Kg2 Rcb7 47.Bc5 Nb2 48.Qc6 Nc4 49.Qe6 Rc7 50.Bb4 Nb6 51.Ba3 Rcc8
52.Qf7 Rd8 53.Bc5 Nd5 54.Ba3 Rbc8 55.Qe6 Rc7 56.Kg3 Ra7 57.Bc5 Ra1 58.Kg2 Ra2
59.Kg3 Rd2 60.Qf7 Rg8 61.Bf8 Rd1 62.Kg2 Nb6 63.Bc5 Nd7 64.Bb4 Rb1 65.Bd6 Rb7
66.Qd5 Ra7 67.Qf7 Rga8 68.Qd5 Nf8 69.Bc5 Ra5 70.Qb7 Ne6 71.Bb4 Ra2 72.Qd5 Ng5
73.Qb7 R2a7 74.Qd5 Rc8 75.f4 exf4 76.exf4 Nh7 77.Bd2 Re8 78.Be3 Rc7 79.Kf3 Nf8
80.Qd6 Rcc8 81.Qd5 Ne6 82.Kg4 Rcd8 83.Qb7 Nd4 84.Qa7 Nc6 85.Qc7 Ne7 86.Bc5 Nd5
87.Qf7 Re1 88.Bd6 Rd1 89.Kf3 Nc3 90.Be7 R1d7 91.Qe6 Rd3+ 92.Kg2 Nd5 93.Bd6 Ne3+
94.fxe3 R3xd6 95.Qf7 R6d7 96.Qe6 Rd5 97.Qf7 f5 98.Kf3 R8d6 99.e4 Rd3+ 100.Ke2 Rd2+
101.Ke1 Rd8 102.exf5 R2d6 103.Qe7 R6d7 104.Qe6 Rd1+ 105.Kf2 R1d6 106.Qe7 Rd2+
107.Kf3 R8d3+ 108.Kg4 Rg2+ 109.Kh4 Rh2+ 110.Kg4 Rg2+ 111.Kh4 Rh2+ 112.Kg4 Rg2+
113.Kh4  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2004.12.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Schneider,Dm"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2453"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c6 3.c4 e6 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 b5 6.O-O Bb7 7.a4 Nf6 8.Ne5 Qc8
9.b3 cxb3 10.Qxb3 b4 11.Bb2 Nbd7 12.Nxd7 Qxd7 13.Rc1 Rc8 14.Nd2 c5 15.Bxb7 Qxb7
16.Qc4 Rd8 17.Nb3 cxd4 18.Bxd4 a6 19.Qc6+ Qxc6 20.Rxc6 Bd6 21.Rxa6 Ke7 22.Rd1 Rd7
23.Nc5 Rc7 24.Nxe6 fxe6 25.Bxf6+ Kxf6 26.Rdxd6 Re8 27.Rdb6 Rc1+ 28.Kg2 Rb1
29.Rb5 b3 30.Rab6 Ra8 31.a5 g6 32.a6 b2 33.Rb3 Ra1  1-0

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2004.12.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Becerra Rivero,J"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[ECO "C16"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 b6 5.Qg4 Bf8 6.a4 Nc6 7.Qd1 Nge7 8.Nf3 Nf5
9.Bb5 Bd7 10.Ne2 Nb4 11.Ng3 a6 12.Be2 Be7 13.c3 Nc6 14.Bd3 Nxg3 15.hxg3 Na5
16.b4 Nc4 17.Qc2 Bc6 18.Nd2 h6 19.O-O Nxd2 20.Bxd2 b5 21.axb5 Bxb5 22.Ra5 Rb8
23.f4 O-O 24.f5 exf5 25.Bxb5 axb5 26.Qxf5 Rb6 27.g4 Bg5 28.Bxg5 Qxg5 29.Qxg5 hxg5
30.Rf5 Rd8 31.Ra7 Rc6 32.Rf3 Rb8 33.Kf2 f6 34.exf6 gxf6 35.Re3 Kf7 36.Ke2 Re8
37.Rxe8 Kxe8 38.Kd3 Kd7 39.Rb7 Rb6 40.Rxb6 cxb6 41.Ke3  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2004.12.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Wojtkiewicz,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[ECO "D13"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bf4 a6 7.e3 Bg4 8.h3 Bxf3
9.Qxf3 e6 10.Bd3 Bd6 11.Bg5 Be7 12.O-O O-O 13.Rfc1 Nd7 14.Bxe7 Qxe7 15.Na4 Rfc8
16.Qd1 Na7 17.Rxc8+ Rxc8 18.Rc1 Rxc1  1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd LA Masters"]
[Site "Los Angeles USA"]
[Date "2005.02.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Furman,Leonid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E35"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.a3 Be7 7.Nf3 O-O 8.Bf4 c6
9.e3 Nbd7 10.Bd3 Re8 11.O-O Nf8 12.h3 Ne6 13.Be5 g6 14.b4 Nd7 15.Bh2 Nb6
16.b5 c5 17.a4 c4 18.Be2 Ng5 19.a5 Bf5 20.Qb2 Nc8 21.Ne5 Bd6 22.Kh1 Ne7 23.Bf4 Ne6
24.Bh2 f6 25.Nf3 Bxh2 26.Kxh2 Qd6+ 27.Kg1 Rac8 28.Rfc1 Ng7 29.Nd2 Be6 30.Na4 b6
31.Nc3 Qd7 32.axb6 axb6 33.Ra6 Rb8 34.e4 Rec8 35.exd5 Nxd5 36.Nxd5 Bxd5 37.Nxc4 Qe6
38.Ne3 Nf5 39.Bg4 Rxc1+ 40.Qxc1 Rc8 41.Qa3 Qe4 42.Bxf5 gxf5 43.Rxb6 f4 44.Nxd5 Qxd5
45.Qd6 Rc1+ 46.Kh2 Qxd6 47.Rxd6 Kg7 48.b6 Rb1 49.Rd7+ Kg6 50.b7 f3 51.gxf3 h5
52.d5 Rb2 53.Kg2  1-0

[Event "2nd LA Masters"]
[Site "Los Angeles USA"]
[Date "2005.02.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Stein,Alex"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2362"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Nbd7 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.Nf3 h6 8.Bh4 c5
9.Bb5+ Bd7 10.Bxd7+ Qxd7 11.Qe2 cxd4 12.O-O-O Bc5 13.Qe5 Rc8 14.Bxf6 gxf6
15.Qxf6 Rg8 16.Nxd4 Qa4 17.Kb1 Bxd4 18.Qxd4 Qxd4 19.Rxd4 Rxg2 20.Rf4 Ke7
21.h4 e5 22.Re1 f6 23.Rb4 b6 24.f4 Rcxc2 25.fxe5 f5 26.a4 Ke6 27.a5 bxa5
28.Rb5 a4 29.Rd1 Rc6 30.Rd8 Rb6 31.Re8+ Kf7 32.Rxb6 axb6 33.Rb8 Re2 34.Rxb6 Rxe5
35.Rxh6 f4 36.Rh7+ Kf6 37.Rh8 Rf5 38.Re8 f3 39.Re1 Rf4 40.Rf1 Ke5 41.Ka2  0-1

[Event "2nd LA Masters"]
[Site "Los Angeles USA"]
[Date "2005.02.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Khachiyan,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2462"]
[ECO "D70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nb6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.Be3 O-O 8.Qd2 e5
9.d5 c6 10.O-O-O cxd5 11.exd5 Na6 12.h4 Bd7 13.h5 Rc8 14.hxg6 fxg6 15.Bh6 Bxh6
16.Qxh6 Qe7 17.Bxa6 bxa6 18.Ne2 e4 19.d6 Qg7 20.Qxg7+ Kxg7 21.fxe4 Rf2 22.Kb1 Rxg2
23.Nf4 Rf2 24.Nd3 Rg2 25.Nf4 Rf2 26.Nd3 Rg2  1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd LA Masters"]
[Site "Los Angeles USA"]
[Date "2005.02.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Matikozian,A"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2496"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Bg4 4.O-O Nd7 5.d3 Ngf6 6.Nbd2 e5 7.e4 dxe4 8.dxe4 Qc7
9.h3 Bh5 10.Qe1 Bc5 11.Nb3 Bb6 12.a4 a5 13.Be3 O-O 14.Nfd2 Ne8 15.Nc4 Bxe3
16.Qxe3 Nd6 17.Nxd6 Qxd6 18.Bf3 Bxf3 19.Qxf3 Nf6 20.Kg2 Qb4 21.Rfe1 Rad8
22.Qc3 Qxc3 23.bxc3 b6 24.Kf3 Ne8 25.Red1 Nd6 26.Rd2 Nc4 27.Rd3 Nb2 28.Rd2 g6
29.Ke2 Nc4 30.Rd3 f5 31.exf5 gxf5 32.Nd2 Nxd2 33.Kxd2 Kf7 34.Rb1 Rxd3+ 35.cxd3 Rb8
36.c4 Ke6 37.Ke3 Kd6 38.d4 exd4+ 39.Kxd4 c5+ 40.Ke3 Kc6 41.Kf4 Rd8 42.Kxf5 Rf8+
43.Kg5 Rxf2 44.Re1 Ra2 45.Re6+ Kb7 46.Re7+ Ka6 47.Rxh7 Rxa4 48.Rh4 Ra1 49.Rf4 a4
50.h4 b5 51.cxb5+ Kxb5 52.h5 a3 53.h6 Rh1 54.Rf2 c4 55.Kg6 Kb4 56.h7 Kb3
57.Rf8 c3 58.Rb8+ Ka2 59.Rc8 Kb3 60.Rb8+ Kc2 61.Ra8 Kb2 62.Rb8+ Ka1 63.Rc8 a2
64.Kg7 Kb2 65.Rb8+ Kc2 66.Ra8 Kb2 67.Rb8+ Kc2 68.Ra8 Kb3 69.Rb8+ Kc4  0-1

[Event "IBAR Inv"]
[Site "Santa Monica USA"]
[Date "2005.02.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Stein,Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2362"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 a5 5.g3 d5 6.Qc2 Nc6 7.Bg2 dxc4 8.Qxc4 Qd5
9.Qd3 Qe4 10.Qxe4 Nxe4 11.a3 Nxd2 12.Nbxd2 Bxd2+ 13.Kxd2 a4 14.Rac1 Ra5 15.Rc4 Ke7
16.e3 Rd8 17.Ne1 e5 18.Bxc6 bxc6 19.Nd3 exd4 20.Rxd4 Rad5 21.Rxd5 Rxd5 22.e4 Rb5
23.Rc1 Kd6 24.Rc4 Ra5 25.Rd4+ Ke7 26.Rc4 Kd6 27.Rd4+ Ke7 28.f4 f6 29.Rc4 Kd6
30.Rd4+ Ke7 31.h4 Ba6 32.Nb4 Bb7 33.Rd3 Rb5 34.Kc2 c5 35.Nd5+ Bxd5 36.Rxd5 g6
37.g4 h6 38.f5 c6 39.Rd3 g5 40.hxg5 hxg5 41.e5 fxe5 42.Rh3 Kd6 43.Rh5 Rb3
44.Rxg5 Rf3 45.Rg6+ Kd5 46.f6 Ke6 47.g5 Kf7 48.Rg7+ Kf8 49.Ra7 Rf5 50.Rxa4 Rxg5
51.Ra6 e4 52.Rxc6 Rd5 53.Rc7 e3 54.Re7 e2 55.Rxe2 Kf7 56.Rf2 Rd4 57.Kc3 Rd1
58.b4 cxb4+ 59.axb4 Rc1+ 60.Kd4  1-0

[Event "IBAR Inv"]
[Site "Santa Monica USA"]
[Date "2005.02.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Milman,L"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[ECO "C10"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Nbd7 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.Nf3 h6 8.Bh4 c5
9.Bd3 cxd4 10.Nxd4 Be7 11.O-O O-O 12.c3 Nd5 13.Bg3 Bd6 14.Qe2 Bxg3 15.hxg3 Nf6
16.Rfd1 Bd7 17.a4 Qc7 18.a5  1/2-1/2

[Event "IBAR Inv"]
[Site "Santa Monica USA"]
[Date "2005.02.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Kretchetov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2326"]
[ECO "D94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 d5 4.e3 g6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.Bd3 O-O 7.O-O Bg4 8.h3 Bxf3
9.Qxf3 e6 10.Rd1 Nbd7 11.b3 Re8 12.Bb2 a6 13.Rac1 e5 14.cxd5 cxd5 15.dxe5 Nxe5
16.Qe2 Qa5 17.Na4 Nxd3 18.Qxd3 Rac8 19.Bc3 Qd8 20.Bd4 Rxc1 21.Rxc1 Ne4 22.Nb6 Qd6
23.Bxg7 Qxb6 24.Bb2 Qe6 25.Qd4 f6 26.Rc7 b5 27.Qa7 Ng5 28.Rg7+ Kh8 29.h4 Qg4
30.Bxf6  1-0

[Event "IBAR Inv"]
[Site "Santa Monica USA"]
[Date "2005.02.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Matikozian,A"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2496"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[ECO "C01"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Bd3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Bd6 6.O-O O-O 7.c3 c6 8.Bg5 h6
9.Bh4 Bg4 10.Nbd2 Nbd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "IBAR Inv"]
[Site "Santa Monica USA"]
[Date "2005.02.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Khachiyan,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2462"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Rb1 O-O
9.Be2 cxd4 10.cxd4 Qa5+ 11.Qd2 Qxd2+ 12.Bxd2 e6 13.O-O b6  1/2-1/2

[Event "IBAR Inv"]
[Site "Santa Monica USA"]
[Date "2005.02.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mitkov,N"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5 4.dxe5 dxe5 5.Qxd8+ Kxd8 6.Bc4 Be6 7.Bxe6 fxe6
8.f3 Nbd7 9.Be3 Bc5 10.Bxc5 Nxc5 11.Nh3 Ke7  1/2-1/2

[Event "IBAR Inv"]
[Site "Santa Monica USA"]
[Date "2005.02.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Lucky,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.Nf3 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.a3 Be7 8.Bf4 c6
9.e3 Bg4 10.Ne5 Bh5 11.Bd3 Bg6 12.Bxg6 hxg6 13.h4 Nbd7 14.O-O-O Rc8 15.h5 gxh5
16.g4 c5 17.g5 Ne4 18.Rxh5 g6 19.Rh2 cxd4 20.Rdh1 Bxg5 21.Nxd7  1-0

[Event "IBAR Inv"]
[Site "Santa Monica USA"]
[Date "2005.02.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Banawa,J"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2319"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[ECO "E52"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 b6 7.O-O Bb7 8.a3 Bxc3
9.bxc3 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Nbd7 11.Re1 Ne4 12.Bb2 c5 13.Bd3 f5 14.c4 Qe7 15.a4 a5
16.Nd2 Nxd2 17.Qxd2 Qg5 18.f4 Qg6 19.d5 exd5 20.cxd5 Bxd5 21.Bb5 Bc6 22.Rad1 Bxb5
23.axb5 Nf6 24.Qd6 Ne4 25.Qc6 Qxc6 26.bxc6 Rac8 27.Rd7 Rf7 28.Red1 Rxc6 29.Rd8+ Rf8
30.R8d7 Nf6 31.Rb7 h6 32.g4 fxg4 33.e4 c4 34.e5 Nh5 35.e6 Rxe6 36.Rdd7 Rg6
37.Be5 c3 38.Rdc7 c2 39.Rxc2 Nxf4 40.Rcc7 Nh5 41.Ra7 Re8 42.Bd4 g3 43.hxg3 Rxg3+
44.Kf2 Rg6 45.Rcb7 Rf8+ 46.Ke1 Re6+ 47.Kd2 Rd8 48.Kc3 Rc6+ 49.Kd3 Rcd6  0-1

[Event "7th Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Connecticut USA"]
[Date "2005.03.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zlotnikov,M"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2346"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[ECO "D34"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 d5 4.b3 c5 5.Bg2 Nc6 6.cxd5 exd5 7.O-O Be7 8.Bb2 O-O
9.d4 Bg4 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.Nc3 a6 12.Rc1 Ba7 13.Qd2 d4 14.Na4 Qd6 15.Rfd1 Rad8
16.h3 Bh5 17.g4 Ne4 18.Qd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Connecticut USA"]
[Date "2005.03.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Friedel,J"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2423"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 a6 8.Qd2 b5 9.dxc5 Bxc5
10.Bxc5 Nxc5 11.Qf2 Qb6 12.Bd3 b4 13.Ne2 a5 14.O-O Ba6 15.Kh1 h6 16.Rad1 O-O
17.g4 Na4 18.Qh4 Nxb2 19.g5 h5 20.Ng3 Bxd3 21.Nxh5 Bg6 22.Nf6+ gxf6 23.gxf6 Ne7
24.fxe7 Nxd1 25.exf8=Q+ Rxf8 26.Rxd1 Qe3 27.Qg3 Qe2 28.Re1 Qxc2 29.Nh4 Kh8
30.f5 Bh7 31.Qg5 Rg8 32.Qf6+ Rg7 33.Qd8+ Rg8 34.Qf6+ Rg7 35.Qd8+ Rg8 36.Qf6+ Rg7
37.Qd8+ Bg8 38.Ng6+ fxg6 39.Qh4+ Bh7 40.Qd8+ Bg8 41.Qh4+ Bh7 42.Qd8+ Bg8
43.Qh4+ Bh7 44.Qd8+ Bg8 45.Qh4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Spring Inv"]
[Site "Chicago USA"]
[Date "2005.04.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Van de Mortel,J"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[ECO "D02"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.g3 c5 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.O-O cxd4 6.Nxd4 Bg4 7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.c4 e6
9.Bg5 Be7 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Qa4 Qd7 12.Nc3 O-O 13.e4 d4 14.e5 dxc3 15.exf6 gxf6
16.Bxc6 Qf5 17.Bf4 cxb2 18.Rab1 Rac8 19.Rxb2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Spring Inv"]
[Site "Chicago USA"]
[Date "2005.04.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Karagianis,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2259"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bd3 Nbd7 6.b3 Bd6 7.Bb2 O-O 8.Nbd2 b6
9.O-O Bb7 10.Ne5 c5 11.f4 Ne4 12.Nxe4 dxe4 13.Be2 f6 14.Nxd7 Qxd7 15.dxc5 bxc5
16.Qe1 Qc7 17.Rd1 Bc6 18.Qg3 a5 19.Bg4 Qe7 20.Rd2 a4 21.Qh3 f5 22.Bd1 Bc7
23.g4 axb3 24.axb3 e5 25.gxf5 exf4 26.Rg2 Be5 27.Bxe5 Qxe5 28.Rxf4 Ra1 29.Rd2 Qc3
30.Rd6 Qxb3 31.Rf1 Qb7 32.f6 Be8 33.Qe6+ Qf7 34.fxg7  1-0

[Event "Spring Inv"]
[Site "Chicago USA"]
[Date "2005.04.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Smetankin,S"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2479"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Qe2 Qe7 6.d3 Nf6 7.Bg5 Qxe2+ 8.Bxe2 Be7
9.O-O Nc6 10.Nc3 Be6 11.a3 h6 12.Bd2 O-O 13.Rfe1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Spring Inv"]
[Site "Chicago USA"]
[Date "2005.04.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Burnett,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2433"]
[ECO "E61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 O-O 5.Bg5 d6 6.e3 c6 7.Be2 a6 8.O-O b5 9.a3 Nbd7
10.Nd2 Bb7 11.Rc1 bxc4 12.Nxc4 c5 13.dxc5 Nxc5 14.b4 Nce4 15.Nxe4 Nxe4 16.Na5 Nxg5
17.Nxb7 Qb6 18.Na5 Rfc8 19.Qd3 Bf6 20.Rxc8+ Rxc8 21.Qxa6 Qxa6 22.Bxa6 Rc3
23.b5 Rxa3 24.b6 Rxa5 25.b7 Rxa6 26.b8=Q+ Kg7 27.Qb7 Ra4 28.Rb1 h5 29.h3 Ne4
30.Qc6 Nc3 31.Rb8 Ra1+ 32.Kh2 g5 33.Qe8 Be5+ 34.g3 h4 35.Qg8+ Kf6 36.Rf8 hxg3+
37.Kg2 Kf5 38.Qxf7+ Bf6 39.Qxe7 Ne4 40.Qh7+  1-0

[Event "Spring Inv"]
[Site "Chicago USA"]
[Date "2005.04.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Kraai,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2416"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6 3.e4 Bb7 4.Qc2 Nf6 5.Nd2 Bb4 6.Bd3 O-O 7.Ne2 d5 8.cxd5 exd5
9.e5 Ne4 10.O-O Bxd2 11.Bxd2 Na6 12.Be1 Qg5 13.h4 Qh6 14.Qc1 Qxh4 15.f3 Qd8
16.fxe4 dxe4 17.Bc4 c5 18.Qf4 cxd4 19.Bxf7+ Kh8 20.Bh4  1-0

[Event "Spring Inv"]
[Site "Chicago USA"]
[Date "2005.04.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Chow,A"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2239"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Bg5 Bb7 8.e3 d6
9.f3 c5 10.dxc5 bxc5 11.O-O-O Nc6 12.Nh3 Ne5 13.Be2 Qe7 14.Bxf6 gxf6 15.Nf4 Rfd8
16.Rd2 Rab8 17.Rhd1 Bc6 18.b3 a5 19.e4 a4 20.b4 cxb4 21.axb4 Bb5 22.Rc2 Rdc8
23.Qd4 Bxc4 24.Bxc4 Rxb4 25.Qxd6 Qxd6 26.Rxd6 Nxc4 27.Rd4 e5 28.Nd5 Rb1+
29.Kxb1 Na3+ 30.Kb2 Rxc2+ 31.Kxa3 exd4 32.Nxf6+ Kh8  0-1

[Event "Spring Inv"]
[Site "Chicago USA"]
[Date "2005.04.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Finegold,B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[ECO "D14"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bf4 Bf5 7.e3 e6 8.Qb3 Qb6
9.Bb5 Nd7 10.O-O a6 11.Bxc6 bxc6 12.Rfc1 f6 13.Qxb6 Nxb6 14.Bc7 Nc4 15.Na4 Ra7
16.Bg3 Rb7 17.b3 Na5 18.Nc5 Bxc5 19.Rxc5 Rb5 20.Rac1 Kd7 21.R5c3 Rc8 22.Nd2 Nb7
23.f3 Bg6 24.Kf2 Rb6 25.e4 Rb4  1/2-1/2

[Event "HB Global CC"]
[Site "Minneapolis USA"]
[Date "2005.05.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Haessler,C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2234"]
[ECO "E38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.Nf3 c5 6.a3 cxd4 7.axb4 dxc3 8.bxc3 d5
9.cxd5 exd5 10.Bg5 Bg4 11.e3 Nbd7 12.Nd4 a5 13.bxa5 Rxa5 14.Rc1 Qa8 15.Bd3 Ne4
16.Bxe4 dxe4 17.Be7 Re8 18.Bb4 Ra2 19.Qb3 Qa6 20.c4 Ne5 21.O-O Nd3 22.Rb1 Ra8
23.Be7 h6 24.c5 Qg6 25.Bd6 Bh3 26.Bg3 Bc8 27.Qd5 Qg5 28.Qxe4 Nxc5 29.Qe8+ Kh7
30.Qxf7 Ne4 31.Rfc1 Nd2 32.Rxc8 Ra1 33.Rbc1  1-0

[Event "HB Global CC"]
[Site "Minneapolis USA"]
[Date "2005.05.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Foygel,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[ECO "E61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 O-O 5.Bg5 d6 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Be2 c6 8.Qc2 Qc7
9.O-O e5 10.Rfd1 Re8 11.Rac1 Nf8 12.b4 Bf5 13.Qb3 Ne4 14.Nxe4 Bxe4 15.dxe5 dxe5
16.Nd2 Bf5 17.c5 Ne6 18.Bh4 g5 19.Bg3 Nf4 20.Bf1 Be6 21.Qc2 f5 22.Nc4 Nd5
23.e4 f4 24.exd5 cxd5 25.Nd6 Rf8 26.Qb3 fxg3 27.hxg3 Rad8 28.Rc2 Kh8 29.Rcd2 Bf6
30.Rxd5 b6 31.Qe3 Bxd5 32.Rxd5 bxc5 33.bxc5 Qg7 34.Bd3 Be7 35.Nf5 Qf6 36.Nxe7 Qxe7
37.Rxe5 Qf6 38.Be2 h6 39.Re6 Qa1+ 40.Kh2 Rf6 41.c6  1-0

[Event "HB Global CC"]
[Site "Minneapolis USA"]
[Date "2005.05.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Sadvakasov,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "E34"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 Qxd5 6.e3 c5 7.Bd2 Bxc3 8.Bxc3 cxd4
9.Bxd4 Nc6 10.Bc3 O-O 11.Nf3 Rd8 12.Be2 Qe4 13.Qb3 Nd5 14.O-O Nxc3 15.Qxc3 Bd7
16.Rfd1 Be8 17.a3 Qf5 18.h3 h6 19.Rac1 Rab8 20.Bd3 Qf6 21.Qxf6 gxf6 22.Kf1 Kf8
23.Ke1 Ke7 24.Be2 Rxd1+ 25.Rxd1 Bd7 26.Nd4 Nxd4 27.Rxd4 Bc6 28.Bf3 Bxf3 29.gxf3 Rc8
30.Kd2 Rc5 31.Ke2 e5 32.b4 a6 33.a4 b6 34.b5 a5 35.h4 e4 36.fxe4  1/2-1/2

[Event "HB Global CC"]
[Site "Minneapolis USA"]
[Date "2005.05.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Epishin,V"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.g3 Nc6 6.Bg2 Nf6 7.O-O Be7 8.Be3 c4
9.b3 cxb3 10.Qxb3 O-O 11.Rc1 h6 12.Ne5 Na5 13.Qa4 Be6 14.Bd2 Nc4 15.Nxc4 dxc4
16.e3 Qc8 17.Qb5 Rb8 18.e4 a6 19.Qb2 b5 20.a3 Bh3 21.Bh1 Rd8 22.Bb4 Qc7 23.Nc3 Be6
24.Re1 Bxb4 25.axb4 Rxd4 26.Nxb5 c3 27.Qxc3 Qxc3 28.Nxc3 Rb6 29.f4 Rc4 30.Ra3 Rcxb4
31.f5 Bc4 32.e5  1/2-1/2

[Event "HB Global CC"]
[Site "Minneapolis USA"]
[Date "2005.05.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ippolito,D"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2402"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[ECO "D34"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Nf3 c5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg2 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.Nc3 O-O
9.Bg5 c4 10.Ne5 Be6 11.e3 Nd7 12.Nxc6 bxc6 13.Bxe7 Qxe7 14.b3 Nb6 15.Qc2 g6
16.Rfc1 Rfd8 17.Nd1 Rac8 18.bxc4 dxc4 19.Nc3 c5 20.d5 Nxd5 21.Nxd5 Bxd5 22.Bxd5 Rxd5
23.Rd1 Rxd1+ 24.Rxd1 Qe6 25.Qb2 h5 26.h4 Qe4 27.Rd2 a5 28.Qf6 Rb8 29.Kh2 a4
30.a3 Re8 31.Rd7 Rf8 32.Rc7 Qd5 33.Qg5 Qd3 34.Qxc5 Qf1 35.e4 Rd8 36.Qe3 Rd1
37.Qf3 Qg1+ 38.Kh3 Qf1+ 39.Kh2 Qg1+ 40.Kh3 Qh1+ 41.Qxh1 Rxh1+ 42.Kg2 Ra1
43.Rxc4 Rxa3 44.e5 Kf8 45.Rc7 Rb3 46.Ra7 a3 47.Kf1 Ke8 48.Kg2 Kf8 49.Kf1 Ke8
50.Kg2 Kf8 51.Kf1 Ke8  1/2-1/2

[Event "HB Global CC"]
[Site "Minneapolis USA"]
[Date "2005.05.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Li Wenliang"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2422"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Nf3 Bb7 8.e3 d6
9.b4 Ne4 10.Qc2 Nd7 11.Be2 f5 12.Bb2 a5 13.O-O Qe7 14.Rac1 axb4 15.axb4 c5
16.Qb3 Ndf6 17.Ra1 Rxa1 18.Rxa1 Ra8 19.Ne1 Rxa1 20.Bxa1 Ng4 21.Bxg4 fxg4
22.Nd3 h5 23.bxc5 bxc5 24.dxc5 Nxc5 25.Nxc5 dxc5 26.Qd3 Qc7 27.Bc3 Qc6 28.e4 Qxe4
29.Qxe4 Bxe4 30.Be5 Bd3 31.Bd6 Bxc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "HB Global CC"]
[Site "Minneapolis USA"]
[Date "2005.05.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Smirin,I"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[ECO "C06"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 Nf6 5.e5 Nfd7 6.c3 Nc6 7.Bd3 Be7 8.O-O g5
9.dxc5 g4 10.Nd4 Ndxe5 11.Bb5 Bd7 12.N2b3 Rg8 13.Re1 Nc4 14.Bf4 Nxd4 15.Nxd4 Rc8
16.b3 Na3 17.Bd3 Rxc5 18.Bxh7 Rg7 19.Bd3 Rxc3 20.Be5 Bf6 21.Qd2 Bxe5 22.Rxe5 Qc7
23.Rh5 Rg8 24.Rh7 e5 25.Nf5 e4 26.Qg5  1-0

[Event "HB Global CC"]
[Site "Minneapolis USA"]
[Date "2005.05.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Lugo,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2406"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.Bd3 Nbd7 6.Nbd2 b6 7.b3 Bb7 8.Bb2 Be7
9.O-O O-O 10.Ne5 c5 11.Qc2 cxd4 12.exd4 Rc8 13.a4 g6 14.f4 dxc4 15.bxc4 Nd5
16.Qb3 Nxf4 17.Nxd7 Nxd3 18.Nxf8 Nxb2 19.Nxe6 fxe6 20.Qxb2 Bf6 21.Rf4 Bg5
22.Rg4 Be3+ 23.Kh1 Qd7 24.h3 Bxd2 25.Qxd2 Rxc4 26.Rf1 Bd5 27.Qf4 Qe7 28.Qb8+ Kg7
29.Qe5+ Kg8 30.h4 Rxa4 31.h5 Ra5 32.Qb8+ Kg7 33.hxg6 hxg6 34.Qe5+ Kh7 35.Rf7+  1-0

[Event "National Open Blitz"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2005.06.09"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Falcon Perez,G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2206"]
[ECO "E39"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 Bxc5 6.Nf3 O-O 7.Bg5 Be7 8.e3 h6
9.Bh4 Nc6 10.Be2 b6 11.O-O Bb7 12.Rfd1 a6 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.Ne4 Be7 15.Nd6 Bxd6
16.Rxd6 Qc7 17.Rad1 Rfd8 18.Qd2 Nb8 19.Ne5 Bc8 20.Bh5 f6 21.Bf7+ Kf8 22.Bxe6 fxe5
23.Qd3 Re8 24.Qf5+ Ke7 25.Qf7+ Kd8 26.Bg4 Ra7 27.Qxg7 Qxc4 28.Bh5 Rg8 29.Qf6+ Kc7
30.Bf7 Qg4 31.Bxg8 Nc6 32.Bb3 a5 33.h3 Qe4 34.Bd5 Qa4 35.Bxc6 dxc6 36.Qxe5 Kb7
37.Qe8 Bf5 38.Qf7+ Ka6 39.Qxf5 Qxa2 40.Qd3+ Kb7 41.Rd7+  1-0

[Event "National Open Blitz"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2005.06.09"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Gurevich,D"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[ECO "D34"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.g3 Nc6 6.Bg2 Nf6 7.O-O Be7 8.Nc3 O-O
9.b3 cxd4 10.Nxd4 Bg4 11.h3 Bh5 12.Bb2 Qd7 13.Rc1 Rac8 14.Nxc6 bxc6 15.Na4 Rfe8
16.Re1 Bb4 17.Bc3 Ba3 18.Bb2 Bb4 19.Bc3 Ba3 20.Bb2  1/2-1/2

[Event "National Open Blitz"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2005.06.09"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Gurevich,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "A59"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 Bxa6 6.Nc3 d6 7.Nf3 g6 8.e4 Bxf1
9.Kxf1 Bg7 10.g3 O-O 11.Kg2 Nbd7 12.h3 Qa5 13.Re1 Rfb8 14.e5 dxe5 15.Nxe5 Nxe5
16.Rxe5 Ra7 17.Re2 Ne8 18.Bf4 Nd6 19.Rxe7 Rxe7 20.Bxd6 Rxb2 21.Bxe7 Bxc3
22.Rb1 Rxb1 23.Qxb1 Qa8 24.Qb3 Bd4 25.a4 Kg7 26.Bg5 Qa6 27.Be3 Bxe3 28.Qxe3 Qxa4
29.Qe5+ Kg8 30.d6 c4 31.Qc5 Kg7 32.Qd4+ f6 33.d7 Qa8+ 34.Kf1 Qd8 35.Ke2 Kf7
36.Qd6 Qe7+ 37.Qxe7+ Kxe7 38.Kd2 Kxd7 39.Kc3 Ke6 40.Kxc4 Ke5  1/2-1/2

[Event "National Open Blitz"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2005.06.09"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Matikozian,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "E61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 O-O 5.Bg5 d6 6.e3 c5 7.d5 e5 8.Nd2 h6 9.Bh4 Nbd7
10.Be2 a6 11.a4 Qc7 12.Qc2 Nh7 13.g4 f5 14.gxf5 gxf5 15.Rg1 Kh8 16.Rg6 Ndf6
17.O-O-O Qf7 18.Rg2 Bd7 19.a5 e4 20.Rdg1 Ne8 21.f3 exf3 22.Nxf3 Bf6 23.Kb1 Qe7
24.Bxf6+ Qxf6 25.Rg6 Qe7 26.Qd2 Nef6 27.Rxh6 Rg8 28.Rhg6 Rxg6 29.Rxg6 f4
30.e4 Nxe4 31.Nxe4 Qxe4+ 32.Bd3 Qxf3 33.Qc3+  1-0

[Event "National Open Blitz"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2005.06.09"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Matikozian,A"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[ECO "C12"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bb4 5.e5 h6 6.Bd2 Bxc3 7.bxc3 Ne4 8.Qg4 g6
9.Bd3 Nxd2 10.Kxd2 c5 11.Nf3 Qe7 12.h4 Bd7 13.Qf4 Bc6 14.a4 Nd7 15.Rhb1 c4
16.Be2 a5 17.Nh2 g5 18.hxg5 hxg5 19.Qg3 f5 20.exf6 Nxf6 21.f3 O-O-O 22.Ng4 Nxg4
23.Qxg4 Rh4 24.Qg3 Qf6 25.Bf1 Qf4+ 26.Qxf4 gxf4 27.Re1 Kd7 28.Ke2 Rh5 29.Kf2 Kd6
30.Red1 Ra8 31.Rdb1 Ra6 32.Be2 Rh2 33.Kg1 Rh5 34.Kf2 e5 35.dxe5+ Rxe5 36.Bf1 Kc5
37.Ra3 Rb6 38.Rd1 Rb2 39.Rd2 Rb1 40.Be2 Rh5 41.Rd4 Rf5 42.Ra2 b5 43.axb5 Kxb5
44.g3 fxg3+ 45.Kxg3 Rg5+ 46.Kf2 Rh5 47.Rg4 a4 48.Ke3 Re5+ 49.Kd2 Kc5 50.f4 Re4
51.Bf3 Ree1 52.f5 Rf1 53.Rg3 Rf2+ 54.Ke3 Rbf1 55.f6 Kd6 56.Bg2 Rxf6 57.Bxf1 Rxf1  0-1

[Event "National Open Blitz"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2005.06.09"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Martinez,Leo"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2176"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6 4.f4 Qa5 5.e5 Ne4 6.Qf3 Nxc3 7.Bd2 Qb6 8.Bxc3 d5
9.Bd3 e6 10.Ne2 c5 11.dxc5 Bxc5 12.f5 Nc6 13.fxe6 Bxe6 14.Nf4 O-O-O 15.Nxe6 fxe6
16.Qg3 Bb4 17.Be2 d4 18.Bd2 Bxd2+ 19.Kxd2 Qa5+ 20.Kc1 Nxe5 21.Bg4 d3 22.Bxe6+ Kb8
23.Rd1 Rhe8 24.Bb3 d2+ 25.Kb1 Ka8 26.c3 Qa6 27.Bc2 Nc4 28.Qf2 Qd6 29.Ba4 Re7
30.Qd4 Qxd4 31.cxd4 Rxd4 32.b3 Ne3  0-1

[Event "National Open Blitz"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2005.06.09"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Martinez,Leo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2176"]
[ECO "A59"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 Bxa6 6.Nc3 d6 7.e4 Bxf1 8.Kxf1 g6
9.Nge2 Bg7 10.h3 Nbd7 11.Kg1 O-O 12.Kh2 Qa5 13.Rf1 Rfb8 14.Qc2 Qa6 15.Rd1 e6
16.dxe6 fxe6 17.Kg1 Rb4 18.Rb1 Ne5 19.Nf4 Kf7 20.b3 Rd4 21.Be3 Rxd1+ 22.Rxd1 Ne8
23.a4 Nc6 24.Nb5 Nd4 25.Qc4 Qc8 26.b4 Rxa4 27.Nxd4 Rxb4 28.Qxe6+ Qxe6 29.Ndxe6 Rxe4
30.Ng5+  1-0

[Event "National Open Blitz"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2005.06.09"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Rensch,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[ECO "E39"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 O-O 6.a3 Bxc5 7.Nf3 Be7 8.Bg5 b6
9.e3 h6 10.Bh4 Bb7 11.Be2 d5 12.Rd1 Qc8 13.cxd5 Nxd5 14.Bxe7 Nxe7 15.O-O Nd7
16.Rd2 Nf6 17.Rfd1 Ned5 18.Nxd5 Nxd5 19.Qa4 Qc6 20.Qh4 Rac8 21.h3 Nf6 22.Bf1 Ne4
23.Rd4 Qc7 24.Rxe4 Bxe4 25.Qxe4 Rfd8 26.Rxd8+ Rxd8 27.Qb1 Qd6 28.Be2 e5 29.Qf5 Qc7
30.Nxe5 Rd5 31.f4 Rd6 32.Bc4 Rf6 33.Qd3 g5 34.g3 Kg7 35.Kg2 Rd6 36.Qc3 f6
37.Nf3 Qe7 38.Nd4 Qe4+ 39.Kf2 Kf8 40.Bd3 Qb7 41.Qb4 Qd5 42.Nf5 Qxd3 43.Qxd6+ Qxd6
44.Nxd6 Ke7 45.Nc8+ Kd7 46.Nxa7 Kc7 47.Kf3 Kb7 48.Ke4 Kxa7 49.Kf5  1-0

[Event "National Open Blitz"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2005.06.09"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Rensch,D"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.Qd2 e5 6.Nf3 Be7 7.Bc4 b5 8.dxe5 dxe5
9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.Bb3 Nc5 11.Qxd8+ Kxd8 12.O-O-O+ Ke7 13.h3 a5 14.a4 b4 15.Nb1 Ba6
16.Nbd2 Nxb3+ 17.cxb3 Rhd8 18.Nc4 Bxc4 19.bxc4 Ke6 20.Kc2 Be7 21.Rxd8 Rxd8
22.Ne1 Rd4 23.Nf3 Rxe4 24.Kd3 Rf4 25.Re1 f6 26.Re2 Bc5 27.b3 g5 28.Kc2 h5
29.Kd3 g4 30.hxg4 hxg4 31.Nd2 Rxf2 32.Rxf2 Bxf2 33.Ne4 Bd4 34.Ng3 f5 35.Ne2 Bc5
36.g3 Kf6 37.Nc1 Kg5 38.Ke2 f4 39.Nd3 Bd4 40.gxf4+ exf4 41.Ne1 f3+  0-1

[Event "National Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2005.06.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hanken,J"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2050"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Bg2 c5 5.O-O Nc6 6.cxd5 exd5 7.d4 Be7 8.b3 Bg4
9.Bb2 O-O 10.Ne5 Bh5 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.dxc5 Bxc5 13.Qe1 Qe7 14.Nc3 Bd6 15.Qd2 Rfe8
16.Rae1 Rad8 17.e3 Bb4 18.Qc1 c5 19.f3 Bg6 20.Kh1 h5 21.Qa1 Bd3 22.Rg1 Ba5
23.Rd1 Qxe3 24.Na4 Be2 25.Rc1 d4 26.Nxc5 Bxf3 27.a3 Ng4 28.h3 Nf2+ 29.Kh2 h4
30.b4 hxg3+  0-1

[Event "National Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2005.06.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Aigner,M USA"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2257"]
[ECO "A80"]

1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bg5 c6 4.Bxf6 exf6 5.e3 Qb6 6.a3 d5 7.Bd3 Be6 8.Nge2 g6
9.O-O Nd7 10.Na4 Qc7 11.b4 b5 12.Nc5 Bxc5 13.dxc5 Kf7 14.a4 a6 15.Nd4 Ne5
16.h3 Bd7 17.Qd2 h5 18.Ra2 Ra7 19.Rfa1 Rb7 20.axb5 axb5 21.Ra6 Rc8 22.Be2 Qd8
23.f4 Nc4 24.Bxc4 bxc4 25.b5 Rbc7 26.b6 Rb7 27.Ra7 Rcb8 28.Rxb7 Rxb7 29.Ra7  1-0

[Event "National Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2005.06.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Schneider,Dm"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Qb6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.a3 c4 7.g3 Na5 8.Nbd2 Bd7 9.h4 f5
10.Ng5 Nh6 11.Nh3 O-O-O 12.Nf4 Be7 13.Bg2 Kb8 14.Nf3 Nf7 15.Qe2 Nb3 16.Rb1 Nxc1
17.Rxc1 g6 18.Qd2 Rdg8 19.Ke2 Nd8 20.Rcg1 h6 21.h5 g5 22.Ng6 Rh7 23.g4 Nc6
24.Nh2 f4 25.Nxe7 Rxe7 26.Nf3 Na5 27.Qc2 Be8 28.Nd2 Rc7 29.Bf3 Rgg7 30.Ra1 Qc6
31.Kf1 b5 32.Kg2 Rb7 33.Rhc1 Rgc7 34.Be2 Qd7 35.b4 cxb3 36.Nxb3 Nxb3 37.Qxb3 a5
38.Bd3 Qf7 39.f3 Qe7 40.Rc2 Kc8 41.Kf2 Kd8  1/2-1/2

[Event "National Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2005.06.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Stein,Alex"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2362"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.Bg5 Bb4 6.Qb3 c5 7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.Qxc3 Ne4
9.Bxd8 Nxc3 10.Bh4 Ne4 11.e3 Nc6 12.dxc5 bxc5 13.Nd2 Nxd2 14.Kxd2 a5 15.b3 f6
16.Be2 Ke7 17.Rab1 Ra6 18.f3 Rb6 19.Kc2 Ba6 20.Rhc1  1/2-1/2

[Event "National Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2005.06.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "De Guzman,R"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[ECO "D03"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Bg5 c5 4.e3 Qb6 5.Qc1 Nc6 6.c3 Ne4 7.Bf4 Bf5 8.Nbd2 e6
9.Be2 Rc8 10.Nxe4 Bxe4 11.Qd2 cxd4 12.exd4 Na5 13.Ng5 Bxg2 14.Rg1 Be4 15.Nxe4 dxe4
16.Qc2 Qc6 17.Rg5 f5 18.d5 Qxd5 19.Qa4+ Nc6 20.Rd1 Qc5 21.Qb3 Nd8 22.Bb5+ Ke7
23.Bd7 Kf6 24.Bxc8 Qxc8 25.Rg3 Nc6 26.Qb5 Kf7 27.f3 exf3 28.Rxf3 Be7 29.Rfd3 Rd8
30.Ke2 Rxd3 31.Rxd3 g5 32.Bd6 Bxd6 33.Rxd6 Kf6 34.Kd1 h5 35.Qc5 Qe8 36.b4 h4
37.Kc1 g4 38.Qe3 Ne5 39.Qd4 Qb5 40.Rd8 Qe2 41.h3 Kg6 42.Rg8+ Kf7 43.Rd8 gxh3
44.Qd6 Kf6 45.Qf8+ Kg5 46.Qe7+ Kg4 47.Rd4+ Kf3 48.Qxb7+  0-1

[Event "National Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2005.06.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Gonzalez,Ren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[ECO "D13"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bf4 a6 7.Rc1 Bf5 8.e3 Rc8
9.Ne5 Nxe5 10.dxe5 Ne4 11.Nxe4 Rxc1 12.Qxc1 dxe4 13.Be2 Qa5+ 14.Kf1 Bd7 15.a3 e6
16.b4 Qb6 17.Qc4 a5 18.Qxe4 axb4 19.axb4 Bxb4 20.h4 Bc6 21.Qb1 Bc5 22.Qc2 Qb4
23.Bf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "33rd World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2005.06.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Venkatesh,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Nf3 Bb7 8.e3 d6
9.b4 Nbd7 10.Bb2 Ne4 11.Qc2 f5 12.Be2 Ng5 13.Qd1 f4 14.O-O  1/2-1/2

[Event "33rd World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2005.07.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Miton,K"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[ECO "E34"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 Qxd5 6.e3 c5 7.Bd2 Bxc3 8.Bxc3 cxd4
9.Bxd4 Nc6 10.Bc3 O-O 11.Nf3 Qc5 12.Rc1 Nd5 13.Ng5 f5 14.Be2 Bd7 15.Qb3 Qb6
16.Bc4 Qxb3 17.Bxb3 h6 18.Nf3 Nxc3 19.Rxc3 Kf7 20.Ba4 Kf6 21.Ke2 Rfd8 22.Rhc1 Nb4
23.Bxd7 Rxd7 24.Rb3 Nc6 25.Rd1 Rad8 26.Rxd7 Rxd7 27.a3  1/2-1/2

[Event "33rd World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2005.07.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Stripunsky,A"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 c5 4.d4 a6 5.cxd5 exd5 6.dxc5 Bxc5 7.Be2 Nc6 8.O-O Nf6
9.a3 Ba7 10.b4 d4 11.exd4 Nxd4 12.Bb2 Nxe2+ 13.Qxe2+ Qe7 14.Re1 Qxe2 15.Rxe2+ Be6
16.Ng5 Rc8 17.Nxe6 fxe6 18.Rxe6+ Kf7 19.Re2 Rhe8 20.Rxe8 Rxe8 21.Nc3 Ng4
22.Rf1 Ne5 23.Bc1 Nc4 24.Rd1 Bd4 25.Nd5 Re2 26.Ne3 Bxe3 27.Bxe3 Nxe3 28.fxe3 Rxe3
29.Rd7+ Re7 30.Rd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "33rd World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2005.07.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kamsky,G"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 a6 8.Qd2 b5 9.Be2 Qb6
10.O-O cxd4 11.Nxd4 Bc5 12.Rad1 g6 13.a3 Bb7 14.Rf3 Nxd4 15.Bxd4 Bxd4+ 16.Qxd4 Rc8
17.Rh3 Ke7 18.Kf1 Qxd4 19.Rxd4 h5 20.Re3 Nb8 21.Rd2 Nc6 22.Na2 Na5 23.b3 Nc6
24.c3 Na5 25.Bd1 Rhd8 26.g3 Rc7 27.Ke1 Rcd7 28.Nb4 Rc7 29.Rd4 Ra8 30.Kd2 Bc8
31.Kc2 Nb7 32.Kb2 Bd7 33.Bf3 a5 34.Nc2 Nd8 35.Rd1 Nc6 36.Be2 Rb8 37.Rc1 Kd8
38.Rd1 Rb6 39.Rd2 a4 40.b4 Rb8 41.Ne1 Ke7 42.Nf3 Rcc8 43.Bd3 Rh8 44.Re1 Kf8
45.Rc2 Kg7 46.Kc1 Rhc8 47.Kd2 Rh8 48.Ke3 Rhc8 49.h3 Rh8 50.Rh1 Ne7 51.Kf2 Nf5
52.Rhc1 Rh6 53.g4 Ne7 54.Kg3 Rbh8 55.Rh2 R6h7 56.Rcc2 Rh6 57.Nd4 Rb8 58.Be2 hxg4
59.hxg4 Rxh2 60.Kxh2 g5 61.fxg5 Ng6 62.Nf3 Rh8+ 63.Kg2 Nh4+ 64.Kg3 Nxf3 65.Bxf3 Kg6
66.Kf4 Rh3 67.Bg2 Rd3 68.Bf3 Bc6 69.Be2 Rh3 70.Bf1 Rh1 71.Rf2 Be8 72.Be2 Kg7
73.g6 fxg6 74.Bf1 Rg1 75.Rf3 Bc6 76.Kg5 d4 77.Bd3 Be8 78.Rf6 dxc3 79.Rxe6 Rxg4+
80.Kxg4 Bd7 81.Kf4 Bxe6 82.Ke3 Bd7 83.Bc2 Bf5 84.Bxf5 gxf5 85.Kd3 f4 86.Kxc3 Kg6
87.Kd4 Kf5 88.Kd5 f3 89.e6 f2 90.e7 f1=Q 91.e8=Q  1/2-1/2

[Event "American Continental"]
[Site "Buenos Aires ARG"]
[Date "2005.08.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Patriarca,L"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2266"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[ECO "D34"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.g3 Nf6 7.Bg2 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.Bg5 c4 10.Ne5 Be6 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.b3 Qa5 13.Qc2 Rac8 14.bxc4 dxc4 15.Bd2 Qh5
16.f3 Rfd8 17.Be3 c5 18.g4 Qh4 19.Bf2 Qh6 20.h4 Qf4 21.e3 Qc7 22.g5 Nd5 23.Nxd5 Rxd5
24.f4 cxd4 25.Bxd5 Bxd5 26.Kh2 d3 27.Qc3 Qd7 28.Bg3 Qf5 29.e4 Bxe4 30.Rfe1 Bc5
31.Rad1 g6 32.Rd2 Bb6 33.h5 gxh5 34.Rdd1 h4 35.Bxh4 Qg4  0-1

[Event "American Continental"]
[Site "Buenos Aires ARG"]
[Date "2005.08.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Zapata,Marc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2353"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bf4 O-O 6.Rc1 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.cxd5 exd5
9.e3 Nc6 10.Be2 Be6 11.a3 Rc8 12.O-O a6 13.Na4 Bd6 14.Bxd6 Qxd6 15.Nc5 Ne5
16.Qd4 Nxf3+ 17.Bxf3 Qb6 18.b4 Rc6 19.Rfd1 Qc7 20.g4 Bxg4 21.Bxg4 Nxg4 22.Qxg4 Rg6
23.Qxg6 hxg6 24.Ne6 Qxc1 25.Rxc1 fxe6 26.Kg2 g5 27.Kg3 Rf7 28.Rc8+ Kh7 29.Re8 Rd7
30.Rxe6 d4 31.exd4 Rxd4 32.f3 a5 33.Re4 Rd5 34.a4 axb4 35.Rxb4 Ra5 36.Kg4 Kh6
37.Rb6+ g6 38.Rb4 Rf5 39.Kg3 Ra5 40.Kg4 Rf5 41.Kg3 Ra5 42.Kf2 b6 43.h4 gxh4
44.Rxh4+ Rh5 45.Rb4 Rh2+ 46.Ke3 Ra2 47.Ke4 Kg5 48.f4+ Kg4 49.Kd5 Rf2 50.Rxb6 Kxf4
51.Rxg6 Kf5 52.Ra6 Rh2 53.Kc5 Rh1 54.Rb6 Ra1 55.Kb5 Ke5 56.a5 Kd5 57.Rh6 Rb1+
58.Ka6 Ra1 59.Kb6 Rb1+ 60.Kc7 Rc1+ 61.Kb7 Rb1+ 62.Kc7 Rc1+ 63.Kd7 Kc5 64.Rc6+  1-0

[Event "American Continental"]
[Site "Buenos Aires ARG"]
[Date "2005.08.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Onischuk,Al"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[ECO "D18"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O Nbd7
9.Nh4 Bg6 10.Be2 O-O 11.Nxg6 hxg6 12.Qc2 Rc8 13.e4 c5 14.d5 exd5 15.Nxd5 Nxd5
16.exd5 Qh4 17.g3 Qh3 18.Bf4 Nf6 19.Bc4 Rfe8 20.d6 Re4 21.f3 Rd4 22.Rad1 Qd7
23.Be5 Rxd1 24.Rxd1 Kh7 25.Bb5 Qd8 26.d7 Ra8 27.Qd3 Ba5 28.Qd6 Qb6 29.Qe7 c4+
30.Kg2 c3 31.Bxc3 Bxc3 32.d8=Q Rxd8 33.Qxd8 Qxd8 34.Rxd8 Bxb2 35.Bc4 g5 36.Bxf7 b6
37.Bc4 Kg6 38.Ra8 a5 39.Bd3+ Kf7 40.Ra7+ Kf8 41.Bg6 Bd4 42.Kf1 Bc5 43.Ke2  1-0

[Event "American Continental"]
[Site "Buenos Aires ARG"]
[Date "2005.08.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Real de Azua,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2386"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Nf3 Bb7 8.e3 d6
9.Be2 Nbd7 10.O-O Qe7 11.b4 c5 12.Bb2 Rfc8 13.Rfd1 Ne4 14.Qb3 Ndf6 15.h3 cxd4
16.exd4 b5 17.cxb5 Nd5 18.Rac1 Nb6 19.Qe3 Bd5 20.Bd3 Qb7 21.Rxc8+ Rxc8 22.Rc1 Nf6
23.Rxc8+ Qxc8 24.Qc1 Qb7 25.Ne1 h6 26.f3 Qe7 27.Qc2 Nh5 28.Bc1 f5 29.Be3 Bb7
30.a4 Nd5 31.Qd2 Qh4 32.Bf2 Qf6 33.Bf1 Nhf4 34.Nd3 Nxd3 35.Bxd3 Qf7 36.Be1 Qf6
37.Bf1 Kf8 38.a5 Ke8 39.Bc4 Kd7 40.h4 g5 41.hxg5 hxg5 42.Bg3 Qg7 43.Be2 Qf6
44.Bf2 Qd8 45.Bd3 Qg8 46.Be2 Qd8 47.Be3 Nxe3 48.Qxe3 Bd5 49.Qc3 Ke7 50.Kf2 Kd7
51.Ke1 Qh8 52.Kd2 Qb8 53.Bc4 Qb7 54.Qb3 Bxc4 55.Qxc4 g4 56.Ke3 gxf3 57.gxf3 Qb8
58.b6 axb6 59.Qb5+ Ke7 60.Qxb6 Qc8 61.Kf2 Qc2+ 62.Kg3 Qc1 63.d5 Qg5+ 64.Kh3 Qh6+
65.Kg2 Qg5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "American Continental"]
[Site "Buenos Aires ARG"]
[Date "2005.08.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Amura,C"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2372"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[ECO "D40"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.e3 c5 5.Nc3 a6 6.a3 Nc6 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.b4 Bd6
9.Bb2 O-O 10.Rc1 a5 11.b5 Ne5 12.Nxe5 Bxe5 13.Na4 Bxb2 14.Nxb2 Ne4 15.Qd4 Qe7
16.Bd3 e5 17.Qxd5 Nf6 18.Bxh7+ Kxh7 19.Qd3+ Kg8 20.c5 Rd8 21.Qc2 g6 22.e4 Rd4
23.f3 Be6 24.O-O Rc8 25.Qc3 a4 26.Rfd1 Rxd1+ 27.Nxd1 Nd7 28.c6 bxc6 29.bxc6 Nb8
30.Qxe5 Qxa3 31.Ra1 Nxc6 32.Rxa3 Nxe5 33.Nc3 Bd7 34.Nd5 Rc1+ 35.Kf2 Rc2+
36.Kg3 Bb5 37.f4 Nc4 38.Rd3 a3 39.e5 a2 40.Nf6+ Kf8 41.Rd8+ Ke7 42.Rd1 Rxg2+  0-1

[Event "American Continental"]
[Site "Buenos Aires ARG"]
[Date "2005.08.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Alzate,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 d6 7.Nf3 Nbd7 8.e3 c5
9.Be2 b6 10.b4 Bb7 11.O-O Qe7 12.Bb2 Rfd8 13.Rfd1 Rac8 14.Qb3 Rc7 15.a4 cxb4
16.Qxb4 Nb8 17.Ba3 Ne4 18.Rac1 Rdc8 19.Bd3 Qd7 20.a5 Nc6 21.Qb1 Nxa5 22.Bxe4 Bxe4
23.Qxe4 Nxc4 24.Ng5 g6 25.Ra1 a5 26.Qh4 f5 27.d5 e5 28.Ne6 Rb7 29.h3 b5 30.Rdc1 Rbb8
31.Kh2 Nb6 32.e4 b4 33.Bb2 Nc4 34.exf5 Nxb2 35.f6 Nd3 36.Rxc8+ Rxc8 37.Ng5 Rf8
38.Rxa5 h5 39.Ne6 Rb8 40.Qe4 Nf4 41.Nxf4 Qf5 42.Qxf5 gxf5 43.Nxh5 b3 44.Ra1 Kf7
45.g4 Kg6 46.Kg2 Rb4 47.f3 f4 48.Rb1 b2 49.h4 Rb3 50.Kf2 Rb6 51.Ke2 Rb3 52.Kd2 Rxf3
53.Rxb2 e4 54.Rb7  1-0

[Event "American Continental"]
[Site "Buenos Aires ARG"]
[Date "2005.08.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vescovi,G"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[ECO "D94"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 g6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.h3 O-O 7.Bd2 Ne4 8.Rc1 Nxd2
9.Qxd2 e6 10.Be2 Nd7 11.O-O dxc4 12.Bxc4 c5 13.Rfd1 cxd4 14.Nxd4 Ne5 15.Be2 Bd7
16.f4 Nc6 17.Ndb5 Bc8 18.Qxd8 Rxd8 19.Rxd8+ Nxd8 20.Rd1 Bf6 21.Bf3 a6 22.Nd6 Bxc3
23.bxc3 Kf8 24.Nc4 Ke7 25.Nb6 Rb8 26.c4 f6 27.c5 e5 28.Nd5+ Kf7 29.Nxf6 Bxh3
30.Nd7 Bxd7 31.Rxd7+ Kf6 32.Bd5 exf4 33.exf4 g5 34.fxg5+ Kxg5 35.Rxh7 Nc6
36.Rc7 Na5 37.Bf3 Kf4 38.Kf2 Rd8 39.Ke2 Nc4 40.Rxb7 Rd2+ 41.Ke1 Rc2 42.Rf7+ Ke3
43.Re7+ Kd4 44.c6 Nd6 45.Re2 Rc1+ 46.Kf2 Kc5 47.g4 Nb5 48.Rd2 Kb6 49.Kg3 Rc5
50.Kh4 Rc3 51.Bg2 Rc4 52.Bf1 Rxc6 53.Bxb5 axb5 54.g5  1-0

[Event "American Continental"]
[Site "Buenos Aires ARG"]
[Date "2005.08.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Milman,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2459"]
[ECO "D18"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O Nbd7
9.Nh4 Bg6 10.Be2 Qa5 11.Qb3 O-O-O 12.Bd2 Kb8 13.Rfd1 Ka8 14.Ne4 Bxd2 15.Nxd2 Nb6
16.Nxg6 hxg6 17.Qc2 Qf5 18.e4 Qf4 19.g3 Qc7 20.Nf3 Nbd7 21.b4 Rc8 22.Ng5 Nh7
23.Nxf7 Rhf8 24.Ne5 Nxe5 25.dxe5 Ng5 26.f4 Qb6+ 27.Kg2 Qe3 28.Bg4 Nxe4 29.Re1 Qd2+
30.Qxd2 Nxd2 31.Bxe6 Rce8 32.Rad1 Rxe6 33.Rxd2 Kb8 34.h4 Kc7 35.Red1 Rf7
36.Rd6 Rfe7 37.Kf3  1-0

[Event "American Continental"]
[Site "Buenos Aires ARG"]
[Date "2005.08.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vera,R"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[ECO "D34"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 c5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg2 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.Nc3 O-O
9.Bg5 cxd4 10.Nxd4 h6 11.Be3 Re8 12.Qb3 Na5 13.Qc2 Bg4 14.Nf5 Bb4 15.Bd4 Bxc3
16.Bxc3 Rxe2 17.Qd3 Re8 18.Ne3 Be6 19.Qb5 b6 20.b4 a6 21.Qd3 Nc4 22.Bxf6 Qxf6
23.Nxd5 Bxd5 24.Bxd5 Ne5 25.Qb3 Rad8 26.Rad1 g6 27.Bb7 h5 28.h4 a5 29.bxa5 bxa5
30.Qa4 Qf5 31.Be4 Qf6 32.Rxd8 Rxd8 33.Qxa5 Rd4 34.Bg2 Kg7 35.Qa7 Qd6 36.a4 g5
37.hxg5 h4 38.a5 Ng4 39.Qb6 Qe5 40.Qb3 hxg3 41.fxg3 Rd7 42.Qf3 Qxg5 43.Bh3 Ne5
44.Qf4 Qh5 45.Qh4 Qxh4 46.gxh4 Rd4 47.Kh2 Rc4 48.Ra1 Rxh4 49.Kg2 Rh8 50.a6 Ra8
51.Kg3 Ra7 52.Kf4 Kf6 53.Bf1 Nd7 54.Bc4 Ke7 55.Rd1 Nc5 56.Kf5 Rxa6 57.Bxa6 Nxa6
58.Re1+ Kd6 59.Kf6 Nc5 60.Kxf7 Kd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "American Continental"]
[Site "Buenos Aires ARG"]
[Date "2005.08.15"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Alonso,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2457"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Qc2 Bg4 6.Ne5 Bh5 7.Nc3 e6 8.Qb3 Qc7
9.Bd2 Nbd7 10.f4 Be7 11.Rc1 Qb8 12.cxd5 cxd5 13.Bd3 O-O 14.O-O Nxe5 15.fxe5 Nd7
16.Kh1 b5 17.Qc2 Bg6 18.Bxg6 hxg6 19.e4 b4 20.Nxd5 exd5 21.exd5 Nxe5 22.dxe5 Qxe5
23.Rce1 Qd6 24.Bf4 Qd7 25.d6 Bf6 26.h3 a5 27.b3 Rac8 28.Qd3 Rc5 29.Re4 Rfc8
30.Rfe1 Rc3 31.Qd5 Kh7 32.Bh2 R3c5 33.Qd1 Rc2 34.R4e2 R2c6 35.Rf1 Rc5 36.Bg3 Rc3
37.Kh2 R8c6 38.Rxf6 Rxg3 39.Re7 Qd8 40.Rfxf7 Rxd6 41.Rxg7+ Kh8 42.Rh7+ Kg8
43.Reg7+ Kf8 44.Qf1+  1-0

[Event "American Continental"]
[Site "Buenos Aires ARG"]
[Date "2005.08.16"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Leitao,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Nf3 Bb7 8.e3 d6
9.Be2 Nbd7 10.O-O Ne4 11.Qc2 f5 12.b4 Qf6 13.Ne1 f4 14.Bd3 fxe3 15.Bxe3 Qh4
16.g3 Qg4 17.f3 Ng5 18.Bxh7+ Kh8 19.Be4 Bxe4 20.Bxg5 Rxf3 21.Qd2 Rxf1+ 22.Kxf1 Rf8+
23.Kg1 e5 24.Be3 Nf6 25.dxe5 dxe5 26.Ng2 Bxg2 27.Qxg2 Qxc4 28.Rf1 Kg8 29.Qb7 Qe4
30.Qxe4 Nxe4 31.Rxf8+ Kxf8 32.Kg2 Kf7 33.Kf3 Nf6 34.g4 Ke6 35.h4 g6 36.b5 e4+
37.Kf4 Nd5+ 38.Kxe4 Nc3+ 39.Kd3 Nxb5 40.a4 Nd6 41.Bf4 a6 42.h5 gxh5 43.gxh5 Kf5
44.Be3 b5 45.axb5 axb5 46.Kd4 Ne4 47.h6 Nf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "XVIII Carlos Torre Mem Prelim"]
[Site "Merida MEX"]
[Date "2005.12.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Garmendez,F"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2369"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "C00"]

1.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.g3 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Be7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.Ne2 c5 8.O-O Nbd7
9.a4 Nd5 10.a5 N7f6 11.a6 Qb6 12.Nd2 Qc7 13.axb7 Bxb7 14.Nc4 a5 15.b3 Bc6
16.Bb2 a4 17.bxa4 Rxa4 18.Rxa4 Bxa4 19.Nc3 Bc6 20.Ne4 Nxe4 21.Bxe4 Nf6 22.Bxc6 Qxc6
23.Bxf6 Bxf6 24.Qb1 Bd4 25.Qe1 Ra8 26.Qe2 g6 27.Ne5 Qd5 28.Nf3 Bc3 29.Rb1 Kg7
30.h4 h6 31.Nh2 Ra2 32.Nf1 Bd4 33.Ne3 Qe5 34.Rc1 Qb8 35.Qd2 h5 36.Kf1 Qb7
37.Kg1 Qf3 38.Qd1 Qb7 39.Nc4 Qa8 40.Qe2 Qb7 41.Qd1 Qd5 42.Qe2 Bc3 43.Kh2 Bd4
44.Kg1 Qf5 45.Kg2 Qg4 46.Qf3 Qxf3+ 47.Kxf3 f5 48.Ne3 Bc3 49.Ke2 Kf6 50.f4 Bb2
51.Re1 Bd4 52.Kd2 Kf7 53.Re2 Ra1 54.Nd1 Ke7 55.Rg2 e5 56.Re2 c4 57.fxe5 cxd3
58.cxd3 Ke6 59.Ne3 Rg1 60.Ng2 Bxe5 61.d4 Rxg2 62.Rxg2 Bxd4 63.Ke2 Kf6 64.Kf3 Be5
65.Ra2 Kf7 66.Ra6 Bb8 67.Rc6 Be5 68.Rb6 Kg7 69.Re6 Bb8 70.Re7+ Kf6 71.Rb7 Be5
72.Rb5 Bc7  1/2-1/2

[Event "XVIII Carlos Torre Mem Prelim"]
[Site "Merida MEX"]
[Date "2005.12.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Escobedo Tinajero,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2403"]
[ECO "D47"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.e4 b4 10.Na4 c5 11.e5 Nd5 12.O-O cxd4 13.Re1 a6 14.Nxd4 Nc5 15.Nxc5 Bxc5
16.Nb3 Be7 17.Qg4 g5 18.Qe2 h5 19.Bd2 g4 20.Rac1 Qb6 21.Be4 Rg8 22.Rc2 h4
23.g3 hxg3 24.hxg3 Bg5 25.Nc5 Bxd2 26.Qxd2 Rd8 27.Qh6 Ba8 28.Rec1 a5 29.Rc4 Ke7
30.Qh4+ Ke8 31.Bg2 Qb8 32.Nxe6 fxe6 33.Qh5+  1-0

[Event "XVIII Carlos Torre Mem Prelim"]
[Site "Merida MEX"]
[Date "2005.12.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "De la Paz,F"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2456"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Be2 e6 6.Be3 d5 7.e5 Nfd7 8.h3 Bh5
9.g4  1/2-1/2

[Event "XVIII Carlos Torre Mem KO"]
[Site "Merida MEX"]
[Date "2005.12.19"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Leon Hoyos,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2428"]
[ECO "A42"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 e5 5.e4 exd4 6.Nxd4 Nc6 7.Be3 Nge7 8.Qd2 O-O
9.Be2 f5 10.exf5 Bxd4 11.Bxd4 Nxf5 12.Be3 Nxe3 13.Qxe3 Qf6 14.Rd1 Bg4 15.f3 Rae8
16.Qf2 Be6 17.O-O Qf7 18.b3 Qg7 19.Nb5 a6 20.Nd4 Bd7 21.Nxc6 Bxc6 22.Rfe1 Re5
23.Bf1 Rfe8 24.Rxe5 Qxe5 25.Qd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "XVIII Carlos Torre Mem KO"]
[Site "Merida MEX"]
[Date "2005.12.19"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Leon Hoyos,M"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2428"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "A08"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c5 4.O-O Nc6 5.d3 Bg4 6.Nbd2 e6 7.Qe1 Be7 8.e4 O-O
9.h3 Bh5 10.a3 Qc7 11.Qe3 Rfd8 12.b3 Nd4 13.Ra2 Nc6 14.Bb2 Rac8 15.Ba1 b5
16.e5 Nd7 17.Re1 Bg6 18.Bb2 Nb6 19.Raa1 c4 20.bxc4 bxc4 21.a4 Nb4 22.Rec1 c3
23.Ba3 cxd2 24.Qxd2 a5 25.Rab1 Nxa4 26.Nd4 Nc3 27.Rb3 Na4 28.c3 Nxd3 29.Bxe7 Nxc1
30.Bxd8 Nxb3 31.Bxc7 Nxd2 32.Bxa5 Nxc3  0-1

[Event "XVIII Carlos Torre Mem KO"]
[Site "Merida MEX"]
[Date "2005.12.19"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Leon Hoyos,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2428"]
[ECO "A59"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 g6 6.Nc3 Bxa6 7.e4 Bxf1 8.Kxf1 d6
9.Nge2 Bg7 10.h3 O-O 11.Kg1 Nbd7 12.Kh2 Qa5 13.Rf1 Rfb8 14.Qc2 Ne8 15.b3 Qa6
16.Bg5 Nc7 17.Rab1 Rb4 18.f3 Kf8 19.Qd2 Bh8 20.f4 Re8 21.Rbe1 Kg8 22.e5 dxe5
23.Bxe7 e4 24.d6 Ne6 25.Nd5 Qd3 26.Rd1 Qxd2 27.Rxd2 Rb7 28.f5 Be5+ 29.Kh1 Nd4
30.f6 Nf5 31.g4 Nd4 32.Nec3 e3 33.Nxe3 Bxd6 34.Ned5 Bxe7 35.fxe7 Kg7 36.Ne4 Nb6
37.Nd6 Rexe7 38.Nxb6 Rxb6 39.Nc8 Reb7 40.Nxb6 Rxb6 41.Rc1 Ne6 42.Rd7 g5 43.Rd5 Kg6
44.Rdxc5 Nxc5 45.Rxc5 Rd6 46.Rc2 h5 47.gxh5+ Kxh5 48.b4 f5 49.b5 Kh4 50.Kg2 f4
51.Rb2 Rd3 52.b6 Rg3+ 53.Kf1 Rxh3 54.b7 Rh1+ 55.Kg2  1-0

[Event "XVIII Carlos Torre Mem KO"]
[Site "Merida MEX"]
[Date "2005.12.19"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Leon Hoyos,M"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2428"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "C00"]

1.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.Qe2 dxe4 4.dxe4 e5 5.Nf3 c6 6.Nbd2 Qc7 7.b3 Bg4 8.h3 Bh5
9.Bb2 Nd7 10.g3 Ngf6 11.Bg2 Bc5 12.O-O O-O 13.a4 Rfe8 14.Qc4 a5 15.Nh4 Rab8
16.Ndf3 b5 17.Qe2 Bf8 18.Bc3 Ra8 19.Qe1 b4 20.Bb2 Nb6 21.Nd2 Nfd7 22.Nf5 f6
23.Ne3 Bc5 24.Rc1 Rad8 25.Bf3 Bf7 26.Qe2 Nf8 27.c3 Ne6 28.cxb4 Bxb4 29.Nd5 Nxd5
30.exd5 Ng5 31.Bg2 Bxd5 32.Ne4 Bxe4 33.Bxe4 Rd2 34.Qc4+ Qf7 35.Bxc6 Red8
36.h4 Rxb2 37.hxg5 Qxc4 38.bxc4 fxg5 39.c5 Bd2 40.Rc4 Kf7 41.Be4 Rc8 42.c6 Rc7
43.Rd1 g6 44.Rc5 Bb4 45.Rxe5 Be7 46.Rxa5 g4 47.Rb5 Re2 48.Bd5+ Kf6 49.Kf1 Rc2
50.Rb7 Rc8 51.Re1 Bc5 52.Re2 Rxe2 53.Kxe2 Ke5 54.Bg2 Ra8 55.Rd7 Bd6 56.Kd3 Rxa4
57.c7 Ra3+ 58.Kc4 Ra1 59.Bc6 Rc1+ 60.Kb5 Rb1+ 61.Ka4 Rb2  1/2-1/2

[Event "XVIII Carlos Torre Mem KO"]
[Site "Merida MEX"]
[Date "2005.12.19"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Leon Hoyos,M"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2428"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Bg4 4.O-O Nd7 5.d3 Ngf6 6.Qe1 e5 7.e4 dxe4 8.dxe4 Qc7
9.Nbd2 Bc5 10.h3 Bh5 11.a4 O-O 12.Nc4 Rfe8 13.Bg5 h6 14.Bd2 b5 15.Na5 a6
16.Nh4 Kh7 17.Kh1 Bg6 18.Nxg6 fxg6 19.Qe2 g5 20.Nb3 Bb6 21.a5 Ba7 22.c4 Nc5
23.Nxc5 Bxc5 24.cxb5 cxb5 25.Rac1 Qe7 26.Rc2 Bb4 27.Rfc1 Bxd2 28.Qxd2 Red8
29.Qe3 Qb4 30.Qf3 Re8 31.Rc7 Re7 32.Qf5+ Kh8 33.Rc8+ Re8 34.Rxa8 Rxa8 35.Qxe5 Re8
36.Qf5 Qxb2 37.Rc8 Rxc8 38.Qxc8+ Kh7 39.Qf5+ g6 40.Qc5 Nd7 41.Qa7 Qg7 42.Qxa6 b4
43.Qb7 Nc5 44.Qxb4 Nd3 45.Qd2 Qd4 46.Kg1 Qa1+ 47.Bf1 Ne5 48.Kg2 h5 49.Qxg5 Qxa5
50.Qe7+ Kh6 51.Qe8 Kg7 52.Qb8 Qc3 53.Be2 Qd4 54.Qb7+ Kh6 55.Qd5 Qb2 56.Bf1 Kg7
57.Bc4 Qb8 58.Qe6 Qc7 59.Qg8+ Kh6 60.Qh8+ Kg5 61.h4+ Kg4 62.Be2+  1-0

[Event "XVIII Carlos Torre Mem KO"]
[Site "Merida MEX"]
[Date "2005.12.20"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Bruzon,L"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "D02"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Bg4 4.O-O Nd7 5.d4 e6 6.Nbd2 Ngf6 7.Re1 Be7 8.e4 dxe4
9.Nxe4 Nxe4 10.Rxe4 Nf6 11.Re1 O-O 12.c3 Nd5 13.Qb3 Bxf3 14.Bxf3 Qb6 15.Qc2 Bf6
16.Kg2 Rfd8 17.h4 Rac8 18.Be4 h6 19.Qe2 c5 20.dxc5 Qxc5 21.Qg4 h5 22.Qf3 g6
23.Bh6 Bg7 24.Bg5 Rd7 25.Rad1 b5 26.Rd3 b4 27.cxb4 Qxb4 28.Re2 Nb6 29.b3 Qb5
30.Red2 Rxd3 31.Rxd3 a5 32.a4 Qe8 33.Bd2 Qe7 34.Bxa5 Nd7 35.Bb4 Qe8 36.Bc6 Rc7
37.Bb5 Qc8 38.Qd1 Nf8 39.Rd8 Qb7+ 40.Kh2 Qe4 41.Bd6 Rc2 42.Kg1 Rb2 43.Bf4 Rb1
44.Bc1 Kh7 45.Bd3 Rxc1 46.Qxc1 Qb7 47.Qc4 Nd7 48.Qb5 Qf3 49.Qxd7 e5 50.Bc4 e4
51.Qxf7  1-0

[Event "XVIII Carlos Torre Mem KO"]
[Site "Merida MEX"]
[Date "2005.12.20"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Bruzon,L"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "D02"]

1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Bg5 Be7 4.Bxe7 Qxe7 5.Nbd2 Nf6 6.e3 O-O 7.c4 c5 8.cxd5 cxd4
9.Nxd4 Nxd5 10.Be2 b6 11.O-O Bb7 12.Rc1 Nd7 13.Qa4 Nc5 14.Qa3 a5 15.Nc4 Rfd8
16.Nxb6 Nxb6 17.Qxc5 Qxc5 18.Rxc5 Bd5 19.Bf3 a4 20.Rfc1 g6 21.a3 Bxf3 22.gxf3 Nd5
23.Rb5 Rdc8 24.Rbc5 Rxc5 25.Rxc5 Rb8 26.Rc2 Kg7 27.f4 h6 28.Nf3 Kf6 29.Ne5 Rb7
30.Nd3 g5 31.fxg5+ hxg5 32.Nc5  1-0

[Event "XVIII Carlos Torre Mem KO"]
[Site "Merida MEX"]
[Date "2005.12.20"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Bruzon,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d6 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 O-O 7.Nf3 Nbd7 8.e3 c5
9.Be2 b6 10.b4 Bb7 11.Bb2 Qe7 12.O-O Rfc8 13.Qb3 Rab8 14.dxc5 dxc5 15.Rfd1 Ne8
16.Qa4 Rc7 17.Rd2 Bc6 18.Qb3 f6 19.Rad1 a5 20.Bc3 Ra8 21.bxa5 bxa5 22.Ne1 Rb7
23.Qc2 e5 24.Nd3 Rab8 25.Ra1 a4 26.Rad1 Nf8 27.Nc1 Ne6 28.Bd3 Ng5 29.h4 e4
30.hxg5 exd3 31.Nxd3 Qe4 32.Nf4 fxg5 33.Qxe4 Bxe4 34.Ne6 Bc6 35.Nxc5 Rb1
36.Bb4 Rxd1+ 37.Rxd1 Rc8 38.f3 Nf6 39.e4 g4 40.e5 Nh5 41.fxg4 Nf4 42.e6 Re8
43.Rd6 Ba8 44.g3 Nh3+ 45.Kf1 Ng5 46.e7 Kf7 47.Ra6 Bf3 48.Nxa4 Bxg4 49.Nc3 Be6
50.Nd5 Ne4 51.Rxe6 Kxe6 52.Nc7+ Kd7 53.Kg2  1-0

[Event "XVIII Carlos Torre Mem KO"]
[Site "Merida MEX"]
[Date "2005.12.20"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Bruzon,L"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "C10"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Nbd7 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.Nf3 h6 8.Bxf6 Qxf6
9.Bd3 Bd6 10.Qe2 Bd7 11.O-O O-O-O 12.Be4 g5 13.c4 g4 14.Ne5 Bxe5 15.dxe5 Qg5
16.f4 gxf3 17.Rxf3 Be8 18.Re3 h5 19.c5 c6 20.Bf3 Rd4 21.a3 Bd7 22.Re1 f6
23.b4 a6 24.exf6 Qxf6 25.Re5 h4 26.Bg4 Kb8 27.Bxe6 Rd8 28.h3 Ka7 29.Bxd7 R8xd7
30.Rf1 Rf4 31.Re4 Rxf1+ 32.Qxf1 Qh8 33.Kh2 Rd4 34.Qf4 Rxe4 35.Qxe4 Qb8+ 36.Kh1 Qg3
37.a4 Ka8 38.a5 Ka7 39.Kg1 Ka8 40.Kf1 Ka7 41.Ke2 Qg5 42.Kd1 Qg3 43.Kc2 Ka8
44.Kd2 Ka7 45.Qg4 Qb3 46.Qxh4 Qb2+ 47.Ke3 Qxg2 48.Qg4 Qc2 49.Kf4 Qc4+  1/2-1/2

[Event "XVIII Carlos Torre Mem KO"]
[Site "Merida MEX"]
[Date "2005.12.20"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Bruzon,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[ECO "D47"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 b4
9.Ne4 Nxe4 10.Bxe4 Bb7 11.O-O Bd6 12.b3 Nf6 13.Bd3 c5 14.Bb2 cxd4 15.Bb5+ Ke7
16.Nxd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "XVIII Carlos Torre Mem KO"]
[Site "Merida MEX"]
[Date "2005.12.20"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Bruzon,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Nf3 Bb7 8.e3 d5
9.b3 Nbd7 10.Be2 c5 11.Bb2 Rc8 12.dxc5 Nxc5 13.O-O Qe7 14.Rac1 dxc4 15.Qxc4 Ba6
16.Qc2 Nxb3 17.Qxb3 Bxe2 18.Rfe1 Rxc1 19.Rxc1 Bxf3 20.gxf3 Nd5 21.Be5 h5
22.Kh1 f6 23.Bg3 h4 24.Bxh4 Qd7 25.Bg3 Rc8 26.Rd1 Qc6 27.e4 Nc3 28.Rd6 Qc4
29.Qxc4 Rxc4 30.Rxe6 Nb5 31.Re7 Nxa3 32.Rxa7 Nb5 33.Rb7 Rc6 34.f4 Nd6 35.Rb8+ Rc8
36.Kg2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2006.02.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave,M"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "C06"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 b6 7.f4 Ba6 8.Bb1 Nc6 9.Ndf3 g6
10.Ne2 h5 11.Ng5 Ne7 12.Ng1 Nf5 13.N1f3 Be7 14.Kf2 Nb8 15.b3 Nc6 16.Bb2 Rc8
17.a3 Qd7 18.Re1 cxd4 19.cxd4 Na5 20.Bxf5 gxf5 21.Re3 Qb5 22.Rc1 Rxc1 23.Bxc1 Nc6
24.a4 Qa5 25.Bd2 Bb4 26.Qc1 Kd7 27.Bxb4 Nxb4 28.Kg3 Rc8 29.Qa3 Rc2 30.Ne1 Rc6
31.Nxf7 Kc7 32.Qb2 Nc2 33.b4 Nxb4 34.Rb3 Na2 35.Nf3 Nc3 36.Qa3 Ne4+ 37.Kh4 Kb8
38.Nd8 Rc2 39.Qe7 Bc8 40.Rb2 Rc7 41.Qa3 Rc4 42.Kxh5 Rxa4 43.Qe7 Rc4 44.Nxe6 Qa1
45.Rb3 Qc1 46.Ra3 a6 47.Rb3 b5 48.Nfg5 Rc6 49.Qe8 Qd1+ 50.Rf3 Rc2 51.Qd8 Ka7
52.Nc5 Nxc5 53.dxc5 Rxc5 54.e6 Bxe6 55.Nxe6 Rc2 56.Qg5 a5 57.Qe7+ Ka6 58.Nc5+ Kb6
59.Qd6+  1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2006.02.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Wang Hao"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 a6 8.Qd2 b5 9.a3 Bb7
10.Bd3 Qb6 11.Qf2 g6 12.O-O cxd4 13.Nxd4 Nxd4 14.Bxd4 Qxd4 15.Qxd4 Bc5 16.Ne2 h5
17.c3 Ke7 18.Kf2 Bc6 19.Rfc1 Rac8 20.g3 Bxd4+ 21.cxd4 Bb7 22.h3 Rxc1 23.Nxc1 Nb6
24.b3 Rc8 25.Ne2 Bc6 26.g4 hxg4 27.hxg4 Bd7 28.Rh1 a5 29.Rh7 Kf8 30.Ke3 Kg8
31.Rh1 a4 32.bxa4 Nxa4 33.Rc1 Ra8 34.Rc7 Be8 35.Nc3 Nxc3 36.Rxc3 Bd7 37.Kd2 Kf8
38.Bc2 Ke7 39.Rh3 Rc8 40.Rh7 Rc4 41.Bxg6 Be8 42.Ke3 Rc3+ 43.Ke2 Kf8 44.Bd3 Kg8
45.Rh3 Kg7 46.f5 exf5 47.gxf5 f6 48.Rh1 Rxa3 49.Rc1 b4 50.Rc7+ Kh6 51.Rb7 Kg5
52.Ke3 Ba4 53.Rg7+ Kh6 54.Rg6+ Kh7 55.Kd2 Ra2+ 56.Kc1 Ra3 57.Bb1 fxe5 58.dxe5 Re3
59.Rg1 Kh6 60.e6 Be8 61.Kd2 Re5 62.Bd3 Bh5 63.Rg8 Kh7 64.Rb8 Kg7 65.Rxb4 Kf6
66.Kc3 Re1 67.Rb7 Be8 68.Rh7 Re3 69.Kd4 Rxd3+ 70.Kxd3 Kxf5 71.Rh6 Bg6 72.Kd4  1-0

[Event "ch-USA GpA"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tate,E"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2391"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "A06"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 c5 3.b3 Nf6 4.Bb2 Bg4 5.h3 Bh5 6.Bb5+ Nfd7 7.O-O e6 8.Be2 Nc6
9.c4 Nb6 10.Na3 Rc8 11.d3 a6 12.Nc2 f6 13.Qe1 Bd6 14.e4 O-O 15.Nd2 Bf7 16.f4 Qc7
17.Qh4 dxc4 18.dxc4 e5 19.Bd3 Rfd8 20.Ne3 Nd4 21.Nd5 Nxd5 22.exd5 Bg6 23.f5 Bf7
24.Ne4 h6 25.Rae1 Kf8 26.Re3 Ke8 27.Bc1 Qa5 28.Rg3 Bf8 29.Bxh6 gxh6 30.Nxf6+ Ke7
31.Ng4+ Ke8 32.Re3 Kd7 33.Nxe5+ Kc7 34.Nxf7 Re8 35.Qe1 Qxe1 36.Rfxe1 Rxe3
37.Rxe3 h5 38.g4 hxg4 39.hxg4 Bd6 40.Nxd6 Kxd6 41.g5  1-0

[Event "ch-USA GpA"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Schneider,Ig"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2376"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c6 4.Qc2 Nf6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.Qxc4 b5 8.Qc2 Bb7
9.e3 Nbd7 10.Bd3 Be7 11.O-O O-O 12.Nbd2 Rc8 13.Nb3 Qb6 14.Ne5 Bd6 15.Bxf6 Nxf6
16.Nc5 Bxc5 17.dxc5 Qc7 18.f4 Nd7 19.Nf3 e5 20.Bh7+ Kh8 21.Bf5 exf4 22.exf4 Rcd8
23.Rad1 Nf6 24.Ne5 Nd5 25.Qf2 Bc8 26.Bc2 Be6 27.a3 Nf6 28.h3 Rxd1 29.Rxd1 Bd5
30.Qd4 Kg8 31.b4 a5 32.Bd3 axb4 33.axb4 Ra8 34.Ra1  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA GpA"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lenderman,A"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2431"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "C14"]

1.Nc3 d5 2.e4 e6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7 7.f4 a6 8.Nf3 c5
9.dxc5 Nc6 10.Qd2 Qxc5 11.Bd3 b5 12.Ne2 b4 13.c3 a5 14.Rc1 Qb6 15.Ned4 Nc5
16.Bb5 Bd7 17.Bxc6 Bxc6 18.cxb4 axb4 19.Qe3 Bd7 20.Nb3 Na4 21.Qd2 O-O 22.Nfd4 Rfc8
23.O-O Rc4 24.Kh1 Rac8 25.Rcd1 h6 26.f5 exf5 27.Nxf5 Bxf5 28.Rxf5 Qg6 29.Rff1 Nxb2
30.Rde1 Nd3 31.Re2 d4 32.h3 Nc5 33.Nxc5 R8xc5 34.Ref2 Rxe5 35.Qd1 Re7 36.Qb3 Qc6
37.Qg3 Qc7 38.Qf3 Rc1 39.Qa8+ Kh7 40.Qf3 Ree1 41.Rxe1 Rxe1+ 42.Rf1 Rxf1+
43.Qxf1 Kg8 44.Qb5 Qe7 45.Qc4 Qe1+ 46.Kh2 Qc3 47.Qb5 d3 48.Qe8+ Kh7 49.Qxf7 Qe5+
50.g3 Qb2+ 51.Kg1 Qc1+ 52.Kf2 Qc2+  0-1

[Event "ch-USA GpA"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Stein,Alan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[ECO "E13"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.Nc3 Bb7 4.d4 e6 5.Bg5 Bb4 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 g5 8.Bg3 Ne4
9.Qc2 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 Nxg3 11.hxg3 Qe7 12.a4 Nc6 13.Bd3 d6 14.g4 Na5 15.Be4 O-O-O
16.Bxb7+ Kxb7 17.Qe4+ Kb8 18.d5 Rde8 19.Nd4 Qf6 20.Qd3 Qe5 21.Nf3 Qg7 22.Rb1 Qh7
23.Ke2 Qxd3+ 24.Kxd3 c6 25.Nd4 Kc7 26.e4 Kd7 27.Rh3 cxd5 28.cxd5 Nb7 29.Nb3 exd5
30.exd5 Re5 31.c4 f5 32.Rbh1 fxg4 33.Rxh6 Rxh6 34.Rxh6 Rf5 35.Rh7+ Kc8 36.Rh8+ Kd7
37.Rh7+ Kc8 38.Ke3 Re5+ 39.Kd2 Rf5 40.Ke2 Re5+ 41.Kd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA GpA"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Baginskaite,C"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2299"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.b6 d6 6.Nc3 Nbd7 7.e4 g6 8.a4 Qxb6 9.a5 Qb4
10.Ra4 Qb7 11.f4 Bg7 12.Bc4 O-O 13.Nf3 Ne8 14.O-O Nc7 15.Qd3 Nf6 16.e5 Bf5
17.Qd1 Ne4 18.Re1 Nxc3 19.bxc3 Rad8 20.exd6 exd6 21.Ra3 Nb5 22.Rb3 Qd7 23.Bd2 Rfe8
24.Rxe8+ Rxe8 25.Qf1 Rb8 26.h3 h6 27.Nh4 Bc2 28.Rb2 Be4 29.Qe2 Qe8 30.Rb3 Kh7
31.Bd3 Nd4 32.cxd4 Bxd4+ 33.Kh2 Rxb3 34.Bxe4 Re3 35.Bxg6+ fxg6 36.Bxe3 Qxe3
37.Qxe3 Bxe3 38.Kg3 Bxf4+ 39.Kxf4 g5+ 40.Kf5 gxh4  0-1

[Event "ch-USA GpA"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Kraai,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2443"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Bb4+ 3.Bd2 a5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.e4 d5 6.e5 Ne4 7.Nxe4 dxe4 8.a3 Bxd2+
9.Qxd2 O-O 10.Qe3 f5 11.exf6 Qxf6 12.Ne2 Nc6 13.Rd1 e5 14.d5 Ne7 15.Ng3 Nf5
16.Nxf5 Bxf5 17.Be2 Qh4 18.c5 Rf6 19.d6 cxd6 20.cxd6 Rd8 21.Qc5 Bg4 22.g3 Qh5
23.Qxa5 Rdf8 24.Qd5+ R6f7 25.Bxg4 Qxg4 26.O-O h5 27.Rfe1 Kh8 28.Qxe4 Qh3
29.Rd2 Re8 30.Qg6 Kg8 31.d7 Rd8 32.Rxe5 Rdxd7 33.Re8+ Rf8 34.Rxf8+ Kxf8 35.Rxd7 Qxd7
36.Qxh5 Qd2 37.Qf3+ Kg8 38.Qxb7  1-0

[Event "ch-USA GpA"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gurevich,D"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.b3 O-O 8.Be2 e5
9.cxd5 cxd5 10.Nb5 Bb4+ 11.Bd2 Bxd2+ 12.Nxd2 exd4 13.Nxd4 Ne5 14.O-O Bd7
15.Qc5 Bg4 16.Bxg4 Nfxg4 17.N2f3 Nxf3+ 18.Nxf3 Nf6 19.Rac1 Qd7 20.Qc7 Rfc8
21.Qxd7 Nxd7 22.Nd4 Kf8 23.Nb5 Rc6 24.Nd4 Rcc8 25.f3 g6 26.Nb5 Rc6 27.Nd4 Rcc8
28.Rfd1 a6 29.Ne2 Nb6 30.Nf4 Ke7 31.a4 Rxc1 32.Rxc1 g5 33.Nh3 f6 34.f4 gxf4
35.Nxf4 Kd6 36.Rd1 a5 37.Nxd5 Nxd5 38.e4 Ke5 39.Rxd5+ Kxe4 40.Rb5 f5 41.Rxb7 h5
42.Re7+ Kf4 43.g3+ Kg5 44.Re5 h4 45.Kg2 Kf6 46.Rb5 hxg3 47.Kxg3 Rg8+ 48.Kf2 Rh8
49.Kg2 Rg8+ 50.Kf1 Rh8 51.Kg1 Rg8+ 52.Kh1 Kg5 53.Rxa5 Kf4 54.Rc5 Ke4 55.Rc1 f4
56.Rg1 Rb8 57.Ra1 f3 58.a5 f2 59.a6 Kf3 60.b4 Re8  0-1

[Event "ch-USA GpA"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Onischuk,Al"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "E18"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3 Ne4 8.Bd2 f5
9.d5 Bf6 10.Qc2 exd5 11.Nxd5 Na6 12.Bf4 Bxd5 13.cxd5 Nac5 14.b4 Bxa1 15.Rxa1 Nb7
16.Nd4 Nbd6 17.Rd1 a5 18.f3 Nf6 19.e4 fxe4 20.fxe4 Nh5 21.e5 Nxf4 22.gxf4 Rxf4
23.exd6 cxd6 24.bxa5 bxa5 25.Nf3 Qf6 26.Rd3 Qa1+ 27.Rd1 Qf6 28.Rd3 Qa1+ 29.Rd1 Qf6
30.Rd3 Qa1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA GpA"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Ibragimov,I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb7 6.Bg2 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 a5 8.O-O O-O
9.Bg5 a4 10.Nbd2 h6 11.Bxf6 Qxf6 12.Qc2 Ra7 13.e3 Nc6 14.d5 Ne5 15.Nd4 c6
16.Ne4 Qe7 17.dxc6 dxc6 18.Nc3 c5 19.Ndb5 Bxg2 20.Kxg2 Rd7 21.Qe4 Qf6 22.Nxa4 g5
23.Rad1 Rfd8 24.Nac3 Rd2 25.a3 Ba5 26.h3 Kg7 27.Rxd2 Rxd2 28.Na4 Nd3 29.Kg1 Qe5
30.Qf3 Ra2 31.Na7 Be1 32.Nc6 Qc7 33.g4 Bxf2+ 34.Kh1 Qg3 35.Qxg3 Bxg3 36.Nxb6 Nf2+
37.Kg1 Nxh3+ 38.Kh1 Rh2+  0-1

[Event "Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Ledyards USA"]
[Date "2006.04.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Tuvshintugs,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2206"]
[ECO "D94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.e3 O-O 6.b4 a5 7.b5 c5 8.bxc6 bxc6
9.Ba3 Ba6 10.Qa4 Nbd7 11.Qxc6 Bxc4 12.Bxc4 Rc8 13.Qb5 dxc4 14.O-O Re8 15.Rab1 e6
16.Rfc1 e5 17.dxe5 Rb8 18.Qxc4 Nxe5 19.Nxe5 Rxe5 20.Rxb8 Qxb8 21.Rb1 Qa7
22.Ne2 h5 23.h3 Re4 24.Nd4 Kh7 25.Qc6 Qd7 26.Qxd7 Nxd7 27.Rb7 Ne5 28.Bc5 Kg8
29.g3 g5 30.Kf1 a4 31.Ke2 h4 32.gxh4 Rxh4 33.Nf5 Re4 34.Bd4 Nc6 35.Bxg7  1-0

[Event "Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Ledyards USA"]
[Date "2006.04.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Margvelashvili,G"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2441"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Bg5 Bb4+ 5.Nc3 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 dxc4 8.Bxc4 c5
9.Rc1 O-O 10.O-O cxd4 11.Nxd4 Nd7 12.Be2 Rd8 13.Qc2 Bf8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Ledyards USA"]
[Date "2006.04.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Antic,De"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[ECO "A71"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 O-O 5.Bg5 d6 6.e3 c5 7.d5 e6 8.Nd2 h6 9.Bh4 exd5
10.cxd5 Na6 11.e4 Nc7 12.a4 Rb8 13.Bd3 a6 14.a5 Bd7 15.O-O Bb5 16.Qf3 b6
17.axb6 Rxb6 18.Ra2 Qe7 19.Nxb5 axb5 20.b3 Rfb8 21.Qe2  1/2-1/2

[Event "37th Olympiad"]
[Site "Turin ITA"]
[Date "2006.05.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dive,RJ"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "C00"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.e4 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.exd5 Nxd5 6.d4 Bb4 7.Bd2 Nc6 8.Bb5 O-O
9.Nge2 Nce7 10.O-O Bf5 11.Bg5 c6 12.Bc4 Qd7 13.Qb3 Bd6 14.Nxd5 Nxd5 15.Bxd5 cxd5
16.Nc3 Bd3 17.Rfe1 Bc4 18.Qd1 h6 19.Bh4 Rfe8 20.Qf3 Rxe1+ 21.Rxe1 Re8 22.Rxe8+ Qxe8
23.Qe3 Qxe3 24.fxe3 Bb4 25.a3 Ba5 26.Bg3 Kf8 27.Bd6+ Ke8 28.Kf2 h5 29.Be5 f6
30.Bb8 a6 31.Bd6 Bb3 32.h4 Kf7 33.g3 g5 34.Kf3 Ke6 35.Bb8 Kf5 36.Bd6 b5 37.Bc5 Bc7
38.Be7 Bc2 39.Kf2 Bb3 40.Kf3 Bc4 41.Kg2 Bd3 42.Bxf6 gxh4 43.gxh4 Kg4 44.Bg5 Bg3
45.Kg1 Bc4 46.e4 dxe4 47.Nxe4 Bxh4 48.Bxh4 Kxh4 49.Kh2 a5 50.b4 a4 51.Nc3 Kg4
52.d5 Kf5 53.Kg3 Ke5 54.Kh4 Bxd5 55.Nxb5 Bf7 56.Nc3 Be8 57.Nxa4  1/2-1/2

[Event "37th Olympiad"]
[Site "Turin ITA"]
[Date "2006.05.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Arbouche,M"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2248"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "A45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 Ne4 3.h4 c5 4.dxc5 Qa5+ 5.Nd2 Nxg5 6.hxg5 g6 7.Nf3 Bg7 8.c3 Qxc5
9.e3 Nc6 10.Bd3 d5 11.e4 Be6 12.Qa4 a6 13.Nb3 Qd6 14.O-O-O Bd7 15.Nbd2 d4
16.c4 Nb4 17.Qa3 a5 18.Kb1 e5 19.Rh4 h5 20.gxh6 Rxh6 21.c5 Qxc5 22.Rc1 Qe7
23.Rxh6 Bxh6 24.Rc7 Bxd2 25.Bb5 Bxb5 26.Rxe7+ Kxe7 27.Nxd2 Rc8 28.b3 Bd3+
29.Ka1 Rc5  0-1

[Event "37th Olympiad"]
[Site "Turin ITA"]
[Date "2006.05.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Dimakiling,O"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 d5 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 a5 5.e3 Be7 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.Qc2 Na6
9.a3 c5 10.O-O b6 11.cxd5 exd5 12.Ne5 Bb7 13.f4 Nc7 14.Bf5 Qd6 15.Rad1 Ba6
16.Rf3 Ne6 17.Be1 cxd4 18.exd4 b5 19.Bh4 h6 20.Qb3 Nc7 21.Bb1 b4 22.axb4 axb4
23.Bxf6 Bxf6 24.Qc2 Rfd8 25.Qh7+ Kf8 26.Re1 Ne6 27.f5 Bc8 28.fxe6 Bxe6 29.Ne2 Bxe5
30.dxe5 Qxe5 31.Rff1 Ke7 32.Nf4 Qd4+ 33.Kh1 Ra6 34.Nh5 Qxb2 35.Nxg7 Kd6 36.Nxe6 fxe6
37.Rxe6+ Kxe6 38.Qg6+  1-0

[Event "37th Olympiad"]
[Site "Turin ITA"]
[Date "2006.05.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Gelashvili,T"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Nf3 Bb7 8.e3 d5
9.b4 c5 10.dxc5 bxc5 11.Bb2 cxb4 12.axb4 dxc4 13.Bxc4 Nbd7 14.O-O a6 15.Be2 Qb6
16.Qd4 Qxd4 17.Nxd4 Nd5 18.b5 axb5 19.Bxb5 N7f6 20.Ra3 Ra7 21.Rxa7 Re8 22.Ra8 Rxa8
23.Ra1  1/2-1/2

[Event "37th Olympiad"]
[Site "Turin ITA"]
[Date "2006.05.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Carlsson,P"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2433"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "C06"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.c3 c5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.Ne2 Qb6 8.Nf3 cxd4
9.cxd4 f6 10.exf6 Nxf6 11.O-O Bd6 12.Bf4 Bxf4 13.Nxf4 Qxb2 14.Ng5 O-O 15.Rc1 h6
16.Ngxe6 Rf7 17.Rc2 Qb4 18.Bg6 Re7 19.Re2 Bd7 20.Rfe1 Rc8 21.Re3 Qd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "37th Olympiad"]
[Site "Turin ITA"]
[Date "2006.05.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Cvek,R"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 a6 8.Qd2 b5 9.a3 g5
10.Ne2 g4 11.Nfg1 f5 12.h3 g3 13.Nf3 cxd4 14.Nexd4 Nxd4 15.Nxd4 Nc5 16.Be2 Ne4
17.Bh5+ Kd7 18.Qe2 Bc5 19.Nb3 Bxe3 20.Qxe3 Qc7 21.O-O Bb7 22.Bf3 Nf2 23.Nc5+ Ke7
24.b4 h5 25.a4 h4 26.Qd4 Rhc8 27.axb5 axb5 28.Rxa8 Rxa8 29.Ra1 Qb8 30.Ra5 Rxa5
31.bxa5 Qa7 32.Nxe6 Qa6 33.Ng5 Qxa5 34.Qc5+ Kd8 35.Ne6+ Kd7 36.Qd6+ Kc8 37.Qf8+ Kd7
38.Nc5+  1-0

[Event "37th Olympiad"]
[Site "Turin ITA"]
[Date "2006.06.04"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Lie,K"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bd7 6.Bd3 Rc8 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.O-O f5
9.Ng5 Nxe5 10.Bxf5 Qf6 11.Bc2 Ne7 12.Kh1 h6 13.Nh3 O-O 14.f4 N5g6 15.Nd2 e5
16.Ne4 dxe4 17.Qxd7 e3 18.f5 Nf4 19.Nxf4 exf4 20.Rxf4 e2 21.Qd2 Qe5 22.Qe1 Ng6
23.Rf3 Nh4 24.Rf4 Rce8 25.Bd2 Nxf5 26.Re4 Qxe4 27.Bxe4 Rxe4 28.Qb1 Re5 29.Be1 Ng3+
30.Bxg3 Ref5 31.h4 Rf1+ 32.Kh2 Rxb1 33.Rxb1 Rd8 34.Re1 Rd2 35.b4 Be7 36.Kg1 Bf6
37.Kf2 Rxa2 38.Rxe2 Rxe2+ 39.Kxe2 Bxc3 40.b5 Kf7 41.Bf2 a5 42.Kd3 Bb4 43.Kc4 Ke6
44.g4 Be7 45.h5 a4 46.Bd4 Bf6 47.Bxf6 gxf6 48.Kb4 b6 49.Kxa4 Kd5 50.Kb4 Kd4
51.Kb3 Kc5 52.Kc3 Kxb5 53.Kd4 Kc6 54.Ke4 b5 55.Kf5 b4 56.Kxf6 b3  0-1

[Event "2nd Open"]
[Site "San Marino SMR"]
[Date "2006.06.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bhat,V"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2409"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6 4.g3 e5 5.Nge2 Nbd7 6.a4 a5 7.Bg2 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.h3 Re8 10.Be3 Bf8 11.g4 exd4 12.Bxd4 Nc5 13.Ng3 Nfd7 14.Qd2 g6 15.Rad1 b6
16.f4 Ba6 17.Rfe1 Qc7 18.b3 Ne6 19.Be3 Rad8 20.Qf2 Bg7 21.Nce2 Bxe2 22.Rxe2 b5
23.Red2 bxa4 24.bxa4 Bf8 25.h4 Nec5 26.Bd4 Nxa4 27.Ba1 Qb6 28.Bd4 Qb4 29.Qf3 Rb8
30.h5 Nb2 31.Bc3 Qa3 32.Rf1 Na4 33.Rd3 Nxc3 34.Rxc3 Qb2 35.hxg6 hxg6 36.e5 Qb6+
37.Kh2 d5 38.Nf5 Bb4 39.Rd3 Nc5 40.Nh6+ Kg7 41.f5 Qc7 42.fxg6 Qxe5+ 43.Kh1 f6
44.Nf7 Kg8 45.Bh3 Qe4 46.Kh2 Qxg6 47.Nh8 Kxh8 48.Re3 Ne4 49.Qf5 Qxf5 50.Rxf5 Ng5
51.Kg2 a4 52.Rf4 Bd2  0-1

[Event "2nd Open"]
[Site "San Marino SMR"]
[Date "2006.06.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Jovanic,O"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2473"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 b6 5.a3 Bxd2+ 6.Bxd2 Bb7 7.Bg5 d6 8.e3 Nbd7
9.Bh4 h6 10.Qc2 g5 11.Bg3 Ne4 12.Bd3 f5 13.d5 Ndc5 14.Nd4 Qf6 15.Bxe4 fxe4
16.dxe6 Nd3+ 17.Kd2 O-O-O 18.Qc3 a6 19.h4 g4 20.Kc2 Rhf8 21.Rhd1 h5 22.Rd2 Rde8
23.Rad1 Rxe6 24.Nxe6 Qxe6 25.Kb1 Bc6 26.b3 Kb7 27.Ka1 Rf5 28.Rb1 Ra5 29.Ra2 Qf7
30.Rf1 Rf5 31.b4 Ka7 32.Qd4 Bb7 33.Rc2 a5 34.b5 a4 35.Bf4 Rc5 36.g3 Qf8 37.Rc3 Kb8
38.Kb1 d5 39.Ka1 Rxc4 40.Bxc7+ Rxc7 41.Ka2 Rxc3 42.Qxc3 Qc5 43.Qh8+ Ka7 44.Rb1 d4  0-1

[Event "2nd Open"]
[Site "San Marino SMR"]
[Date "2006.06.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Tiviakov,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Ba6 5.e3 d5 6.Nbd2 Be7 7.b4 O-O 8.Bb2 dxc4
9.Bxc4 Bxc4 10.Nxc4 a5 11.bxa5 b5 12.Nce5 Rxa5 13.a4 bxa4 14.Rxa4 c5 15.O-O Rxa4
16.Qxa4 Qb6 17.Ba3 Qa6 18.Qxa6 Nxa6 19.Rc1 Ne4 20.Ne1 Ra8 21.f3 Bg5 22.Nc4 Nc7
23.fxe4 Rxa3 24.Rb1 Ra8 25.dxc5 Kf8 26.Nf3 Ra4 27.Nfd2 Ke7 28.Kf2 Ra2 29.Kf3 Rc2
30.c6 Ra2 31.Rb7 Kd8 32.Nb3 Ra6 33.Ne5 f6 34.Nf7+ Kc8 35.Nd6+ Kd8 36.Nd4 Ra8
37.Nxe6+ Ke7 38.Nf5+ Kxe6 39.Rxc7  1-0

[Event "2nd Open"]
[Site "San Marino SMR"]
[Date "2006.06.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gagunashvili,M"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "E40"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 d5 5.Qa4+ Nc6 6.Bd2 O-O 7.Rd1 Bd7 8.Qc2 dxc4
9.Bxc4 e5 10.d5 Ne7 11.Nf3 Ng6 12.O-O Bd6 13.Ng5 Kh8 14.Nge4 Nxe4 15.Nxe4 Bf5
16.Bd3 Bxe4 17.Bxe4 Qg5 18.Bxg6 Qxg6 19.e4 f5 20.f3 fxe4 21.fxe4 Kg8 22.Be3 a6
23.Rf5 Rxf5 24.exf5 Qh5 25.Rf1 e4 26.g3  1/2-1/2

[Event "National Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2006.06.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Murzin,L"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2195"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Qc2 Bb7 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.Qxc3 d6 8.e3 Nbd7
9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O Ne4 11.Qc2 f5 12.Ne1 Qh4 13.f3 Ng5 14.Nd3 Rf6 15.g3 Qh5
16.Nf4 Nh3+ 17.Nxh3 Qxh3 18.e4 fxe4 19.fxe4 Rxf1+ 20.Bxf1 Qh5 21.Bg2 Rf8
22.Be3 Nf6 23.Rf1 Ng4 24.Rxf8+ Kxf8 25.Bf3 Nxe3 26.Qf2 Qh6 27.Bh5+ Nf5 28.exf5 Qxh5
29.fxe6+ Qf3  0-1

[Event "National Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2006.06.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Almeida Saenz,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[ECO "D53"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 Nbd7 7.e3 Be7 8.c5 Ne4
9.Nxe4 dxe4 10.Bxe7 Qxe7 11.Nd2 f5 12.Nc4 O-O 13.Nd6 e5 14.Bc4+ Kh7 15.O-O Nf6
16.f3 exf3 17.Qxf3 g6 18.e4 fxe4 19.Nxe4 Bf5 20.Nd6 Nd7 21.Rae1 Be6 22.Qb3 Bxc4
23.Qxc4 b6 24.b4 bxc5 25.bxc5 Kg7 26.Rxf8 Rxf8 27.dxe5 Kh7 28.e6 Nf6 29.Rb1 Nd5
30.Rb7 Nc7 31.Qe4 Rg8 32.h3 Rg7 33.Rxc7 Qxc7 34.Ne8 Qa5 35.Nxg7 Qxc5+ 36.Kh1 Kxg7
37.e7  1-0

[Event "National Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2006.06.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gonzalez,Ren"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "C00"]

1.e4 e6 2.Qe2 c6 3.Nf3 d5 4.d3 dxe4 5.dxe4 e5 6.c3 Qc7 7.Qc2 Nf6 8.Bc4 b5
9.Be2 Nbd7 10.Bg5 Be7 11.Nbd2 Nc5 12.O-O Ne6 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.b4 Nf4 15.Nb3 O-O
16.c4 Qb6 17.c5 Qc7 18.g3 Nxe2+ 19.Qxe2 Be6 20.Na5 Be7 21.Qe3 Rfd8 22.a4 a6
23.axb5 axb5 24.Rfd1 f6 25.Qe1 Rxd1 26.Qxd1 Bxc5 27.Nxc6 Rxa1 28.Qxa1 Qxc6
29.bxc5 Qxc5 30.Qa8+ Qc8 31.Qa5 Bh3 32.Qa2+ Kh8 33.Qb1 Qc3 34.Qd1 h6 35.Nh4 Kh7  0-1

[Event "National Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2006.06.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Wojtkiewicz,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Nb6 8.Ne5 a5
9.f3 Nfd7 10.Nxd7 Nxd7 11.e4 Bg6 12.Be2 e6 13.O-O Bb4 14.Be3 O-O 15.Qb3 Qc7
16.Rac1 Rfe8 17.Kh1 Rad8 18.Rfd1 Qb8 19.Na2 Bd6 20.Bg1 Bc7 21.Rc2 h6 22.Nc1 Kh8
23.Nd3 Bh7 24.Qc3 Rc8 25.b4 axb4 26.Qxb4 Qa8 27.Rb1 Rb8 28.Rcb2 e5 29.dxe5 Nxe5
30.Nc5 Bd6 31.Qc3 Re7 32.a5 f6 33.Qd2 Bxc5 34.Bxc5 Rd7 35.Qc3 Rbd8 36.Bb6 Re8
37.Bd4 Bg8 38.h3 Ng6 39.Bf1 Qd8 40.Bc5 Qc8 41.Rb6 Red8 42.Qb4 Ba2 43.Re1 Ne5
44.Kg1 Bg8 45.Be2 Nd3 46.Bxd3 Rxd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "National Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2006.06.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mikhalevski,V"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "D27"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 e6 4.Bxc4 Nf6 5.Nf3 c5 6.O-O a6 7.dxc5 Qxd1 8.Rxd1 Bxc5
9.Be2 Nbd7 10.b3 b6 11.Bb2 Bb7 12.Nbd2 Ke7 13.Rac1 Rac8 14.Nc4 Rhd8 15.Kf1 h6  1/2-1/2

[Event "National Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2006.06.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Khachiyan,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[ECO "D91"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Ne4 5.Bh4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.cxd5 Qxd5 8.e3 c5
9.Nf3 Nc6 10.Qb3 Qxb3 11.axb3 cxd4 12.exd4 e5 13.d5 e4 14.Nd2 Nb4 15.Nxe4 O-O
16.O-O-O Bf5 17.Nf6+ Kh8 18.Kb2 h6 19.f4 Nc2 20.h3 Rad8 21.g4 Ne3 22.Re1 Nxf1
23.Rhxf1 Bc8 24.Rd1 b5 25.b4 a5 26.bxa5 b4 27.cxb4 Rd6 28.g5 Bxh3 29.Rfe1 Bd7
30.Bf2 Rb8 31.Ka3 Bxf6 32.gxf6 Kg8 33.Re7 Bb5 34.Bc5 Rxf6 35.d6 Rd8 36.Rb7 Be2
37.Rd2 Bf3 38.Rc7 Bg4 39.d7 Rxf4 40.Rc8  1-0

[Event "34th World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2006.06.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Samuelson,A"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2194"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6 4.f4 Qa5 5.Bd3 e5 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.Be3 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.Qe1 Qc7 10.Nh4 Ng4 11.Nf5 Ndf6 12.fxe5 dxe5 13.dxe5 Bxf5 14.Rxf5 Nxe3 15.Qxe3 Nd7
16.Qg3 Qb6+ 17.Qf2 Bc5  0-1

[Event "34th World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2006.06.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Mohota,N"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2314"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.Rc1 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.e3 Nc6
9.a3 Bd6 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Bg5 Be7 12.Be2 Be6 13.O-O Rc8 14.h3 a6 15.Na4 Ne4
16.Bxe7 Qxe7 17.b4 Qf6 18.Nc5 Nxc5 19.Rxc5 Ne5 20.Qd4 Nxf3+ 21.Bxf3 Qxd4
22.exd4 b6 23.Rcc1 Rc4 24.Be2 Rxd4 25.Rc6 a5 26.Rxb6 axb4 27.axb4 Rd2 28.Bg4 d4
29.Bxe6 fxe6 30.Rxe6 Rb2 31.Rd6 Rxb4 32.Rc1 Rfb8 33.Rc7 Rb1+ 34.Kh2 R1b7
35.Rcc6 Rf7 36.f3 Rf4 37.Rd7 Rbf8 38.Kg3 R4f6 39.Rcc7 Rg6+ 40.Kf2 h6 41.Rxd4 Ra8
42.g4 Ra2+ 43.Kg3 Ra3 44.Rd8+ Kh7 45.Rf8 Raa6 46.Rfc8 Ra3 47.Rf7 Raa6 48.f4 Rgc6
49.Rxc6 Rxc6 50.f5 Rc3+ 51.Kh4 Rf3 52.Ra7  1/2-1/2

[Event "34th World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2006.06.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Adu,O"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2296"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.c5 Bf5 6.Bf4 e6 7.e3 Nbd7 8.Be2 Be7
9.Nd2 Bg6 10.b4 Qc8 11.O-O O-O 12.h3 Re8 13.Bg3 Bd8 14.f4 Bc7 15.a4 Kh8 16.Bh4 Ng8
17.Nb3 Ngf6 18.Bd3 b6 19.cxb6 Bxb6 20.a5 Bd8 21.Bxf6 Nxf6 22.Nc5 Bxd3 23.Qxd3 Be7
24.Rab1 Ra7 25.Rb2 Nd7 26.N3a4 Bd8 27.Qc3 Nb8 28.Nb6 Qc7 29.Qd3 Be7 30.e4 dxe4
31.Qxe4 Bxc5 32.bxc5 Nd7 33.Nc4 Rd8 34.Rb6 Nf6 35.Qxc6 Rxd4 36.Nd6 g6 37.Rxa6 Qxc6
38.Rxc6 Rxa5 39.Nxf7+ Kg7 40.Ng5 Rd5 41.Nxe6+  1-0

[Event "34th World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2006.07.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lapshun,Y"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6 4.f4 Qa5 5.e5 Ne4 6.Qf3 d5 7.Bd3 Nxc3 8.Bd2 Qb6
9.Bxc3 e6 10.O-O-O c5 11.dxc5 Bxc5 12.Qg3 g6 13.h4 h5 14.Nh3 Nc6 15.f5 gxf5
16.Qg7 Rf8 17.Ng5 Bd7 18.Nh7 O-O-O 19.Nxf8 Rxf8 20.Be2 Qd8 21.Bf3 b5  1/2-1/2

[Event "34th World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2006.07.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Florean,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[ECO "E61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 d6 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 g5 8.Bg3 Nh5
9.Be2 e6 10.Nd2 Nxg3 11.hxg3 Nf6 12.Qc2 Bd7 13.Bf3 c6 14.Nde4 Nxe4 15.Nxe4 Qa5+
16.Ke2 Ke7 17.b4 Qxb4 18.Rhb1 Qa5 19.Rxb7 Rab8 20.Rab1 Rxb7 21.Rxb7 f5 22.Nd2 Qa6
23.Rxd7+ Kxd7 24.g4 Rf8 25.gxf5 exf5 26.g4 h5 27.gxf5 g4 28.Bg2 Qa5 29.Qb1 Rxf5
30.Nb3  1-0

[Event "34th World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2006.07.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Coupet,P"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2283"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "C12"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bb4 5.e5 h6 6.Bd2 Bxc3 7.bxc3 Ne4 8.Bd3 Nxd2
9.Qxd2 c5 10.Nf3 c4 11.Be2 Qe7 12.h4 Qa3 13.g4 Nd7 14.Kf1 Nb6 15.Rh3 Qb2
16.Rc1 Qxa2 17.Kg2 Qb2 18.g5 Bd7 19.gxh6 gxh6 20.Rg3 O-O-O 21.Nh2 a5 22.Ng4 Na4
23.Nf6 Bc6 24.Bh5 Rdf8 25.Qe1 Kb8 26.Kh2 b5 27.Rb1 Qxc2 28.Rc1 Qb2 29.Rb1 Qa3
30.Ra1 Qe7 31.Qb1 b4 32.Bd1 b3 33.Bxb3 cxb3 34.Qxb3+ Qb7 35.Qa3 Ka8 36.Rgg1 Rb8
37.Qd6 Rhd8 38.Rgb1 Rxd6 39.exd6  0-1

[Event "34th World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2006.07.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Nakamura,H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[ECO "D92"]

1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 d5 5.Bf4 O-O 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Be5 Bh6 8.e3 Nxc3
9.bxc3 Nd7 10.Bg3 c5 11.Bd3 Qa5 12.Qd2 Nf6 13.O-O b6 14.Bh4 Bb7 15.Bxf6 exf6
16.Qb2 Rac8 17.Rfc1 Rfd8 18.a4 cxd4 19.cxd4 Bf8 20.Qb5 Bb4 21.Rab1 Bc3 22.h3 Kg7
23.Rc2 Bc6 24.Qxa5 Bxa5 25.Rbc1 Bd7 26.Bb5 Rxc2 27.Rxc2 Rc8 28.Rxc8 Bxc8
29.Kf1 a6 30.Bc4 Kf8 31.Ke2 Ke7 32.Kd3 Bd7 33.Bxa6 Bxa4 34.e4 Bd7 35.Bc4 b5
36.Bb3 Bc7 37.Nd2 h5 38.Nb1 b4 39.Kc4 Bb6 40.Nd2 Bc8 41.Kd3 g5 42.Nf1 f5
43.Ne3 fxe4+ 44.Kxe4 Ba5 45.g4 hxg4  1/2-1/2

[Event "34th World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2006.07.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sandipan,C"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Qb6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.a3 c4 7.Nbd2 Na5 8.Be2 Bd7 9.O-O Ne7
10.g3 Nf5 11.Ne1 Nb3 12.Nxb3 Ba4 13.Bf4 Qxb3 14.Qd2 O-O-O 15.Bg5 Be7 16.Bxe7 Nxe7
17.Bd1 Qb5 18.Bxa4 Qxa4 19.Qg5 Nf5 20.g4 h6 21.Qf4 g5 22.Qf3 Nh4 23.Qxf7 Qd7
24.Qxd7+ Kxd7 25.f4 Rdf8 26.Ng2 Nxg2 27.Kxg2 gxf4 28.Rf3 Rhg8 29.Kh3 h5 30.Rg1 Ke7
31.Rg2 hxg4+ 32.Rxg4 Rxg4 33.Kxg4 Rg8+ 34.Kh3 Rh8+ 35.Kg2 Rg8+ 36.Kh1 Rg4
37.Rh3 b5 38.Rh7+ Ke8 39.Rh6 Ke7 40.Rh7+ Ke8 41.Rh6 Ke7  1/2-1/2

[Event "34th World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2006.07.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Ivanov,AV USA"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Qc2 c5 7.Rd1 cxd4 8.Nxd4 a6
9.e4 Qc7 10.Be2 Nc6 11.Nxc6 dxc6 12.Be3 c5 13.f4 Nd7 14.O-O O-O 15.e5 Rad8
16.Bd3 h6 17.Qe2 Rfe8 18.Rde1 Nf8 19.Bc2 Ng6 20.Qh5 Nh4 21.Rf2 Qc8 22.Ne4 Nf5
23.Bc1 Bh4 24.Nf6+ gxf6 25.g3 Rd4 26.Rfe2 Qc6 27.Be4 Rxe4 28.Rxe4 Bxg3 29.hxg3 Nxg3
30.Qg4+ Kh7 31.Qxg3 f5 32.Kf2 Rg8 33.Qh4 fxe4 34.Be3 Qa4 35.f5 Qc2+ 36.Re2 Rg2+
37.Kxg2 Qxe2+ 38.Qf2 Qg4+ 39.Qg3 exf5 40.Qxg4 fxg4 41.Kg3 h5 42.a4 Kg6 43.Kf4 a5
44.Bf2 Bc8 45.Bh4 e3 46.Kxe3 Kf5 47.Bd8 Bb7 48.Bh4 Bc6 49.b3 Be4 50.Bd8 g3  0-1

[Event "II Int Open"]
[Site "Alajuela CRC"]
[Date "2006.07.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Munoz,Ca"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2028"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Be3 Qb6 5.Qd2 Qxb2 6.Rb1 Qa3 7.h3 e6 8.Nf3 d5
9.e5 Nfd7 10.Bd3 Bb4 11.Rb3 Qa5 12.O-O Bxc3 13.Qxc3 Qxc3 14.Rxc3 Nb6 15.Nd2 Na4
16.Rb3 b5 17.f4 Nd7 18.f5 exf5 19.Bxf5 Ndb6 20.Bg5 h6 21.Bh4 Bxf5 22.Rxf5 a5
23.Rbf3 Ra7 24.Be1 O-O 25.g4 Re8 26.Kf1 Nc4 27.Nxc4 dxc4 28.g5 h5 29.Rg3 Re6
30.Rgf3 b4 31.a3 c3 32.axb4 axb4 33.R5f4 Nb6 34.Rf2 Nd5 35.R4f3 Rc7 36.h4 c5
37.dxc5 Rxe5 38.Re2 Rxe2 39.Kxe2 Rxc5 40.Bf2 Rc4 41.Kd1 Nf4  0-1

[Event "II Int Open"]
[Site "Alajuela CRC"]
[Date "2006.07.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Moncayo Romero,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2177"]
[ECO "A80"]

1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bf4 c6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nf3 g6 6.Bd3 Bg7 7.O-O Be6 8.Ne2 Nbd7
9.h3 Ne4 10.a4 O-O 11.b3 h6 12.c4 g5 13.Bh2 Bf7 14.Ne1 dxc4 15.bxc4 Qa5 16.Nf3 Rad8
17.Qc2 e5 18.Rab1 b6 19.Bxe4 fxe4 20.Nd2 exd4 21.Nxd4 Nc5 22.Nxe4 Bg6 23.f3 Bxd4
24.exd4 Nxe4 25.fxe4 Rxf1+ 26.Rxf1 Rxd4 27.Kh1 Rd2 28.Qb1 Qxa4 29.Qc1 Qc2
30.Qa3 Rf2 31.Rxf2 Qxf2 32.Qe7 Qf7 33.Qd8+ Qe8 34.Qc7 Bxe4 35.Qxa7 Qf7 36.Qa2 b5
37.Be5 Qxc4 38.Qxc4+ bxc4 39.Kg1 Kf7 40.Kf2 Ke6 41.Bc3 h5 42.g4 hxg4 43.hxg4 Bc2
44.Ke2 Bb1 45.Bd2 Bd3+ 46.Kf3 Kf6 47.Bc3+ Ke6 48.Bd2 Kf6 49.Bc3+ Ke6  1/2-1/2

[Event "II Int Open"]
[Site "Alajuela CRC"]
[Date "2006.07.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Ceballos Hornero,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2178"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5 8.Bg3 b5 9.Be2 Bg7
10.h4 g4 11.Ne5 h5 12.O-O b4 13.Na4 Nxe4 14.Bxc4 Bb7 15.Nc5 Nxc5 16.dxc5 Qxd1
17.Raxd1 Ba6 18.Nxc6 O-O 19.Bxa6 Nxa6 20.Bd6 Rfe8 21.Rd2 Bf8 22.Rc1 Bh6 23.Rdc2 Bxc1
24.Rxc1 f6 25.Rc4 Kf7 26.Nxb4 Nxb4 27.Rxb4 e5 28.Rb7+ Ke6 29.b4 a6 30.a4 Kd5
31.g3 Re6 32.Kf1 Kc4 33.Ke2 f5 34.Ke3 Kb3 35.b5 Kxa4 36.b6 Kb5 37.Ra7 Rxd6
38.Rxa8 Rd7 39.Rc8 Rb7 40.Rc7 Rb8 41.b7 a5 42.c6 Kb6 43.Rc8  1-0

[Event "II Int Open"]
[Site "Alajuela CRC"]
[Date "2006.07.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Georgiev,Vl"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.c5 Nbd7 6.Bf4 Nh5 7.Bd2 Nhf6 8.Bf4 Nh5
9.Bd2 Nhf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "II Int Open"]
[Site "Alajuela CRC"]
[Date "2006.07.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bennett,D"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2222"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[ECO "A60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 b5 6.a4 Qa5+ 7.Bd2 b4 8.Bg2 d6
9.e4 Nbd7 10.Ne2 g6 11.O-O Ba6 12.Re1 Bg7 13.Bf4 Qb6 14.Qd2 O-O 15.Bh6 Rfe8
16.Bxg7 Kxg7 17.Qc2 c4 18.Nd2 Ne5 19.Nf4 Rac8 20.Nf1 Nd3 21.Re2 Nxf4 22.gxf4 c3
23.Re3 b3 24.Qc1 Ng4 25.Rxc3 Qxf2+ 26.Kh1 Bxf1 27.Qxf1 Qxb2  0-1

[Event "II Int Open"]
[Site "Alajuela CRC"]
[Date "2006.07.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mitkov,N"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[ECO "D04"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 c6 4.Bd3 Bg4 5.Nbd2 Nbd7 6.h3 Bh5 7.c4 e6 8.O-O Bg6
9.Bxg6 hxg6 10.Qc2 Be7 11.b3 O-O 12.Bb2 a5 13.a3 Qc7 14.e4  1/2-1/2

[Event "II Int Open"]
[Site "Alajuela CRC"]
[Date "2006.07.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Sagalchik,G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "A21"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 d6 3.g3 f5 4.d4 Be7 5.Bg2 Nf6 6.d5 c5 7.dxc6 bxc6 8.Nf3 O-O
9.c5 e4 10.cxd6 Qxd6 11.Nd4 c5 12.Qb3+ Kh8 13.Ndb5 Qb6 14.Bf4 Be6 15.Qa3 Nh5
16.Bc7 Qc6 17.Ba5 Rc8 18.Qa4 Nd7 19.O-O Ne5 20.Rad1 Nc4 21.Nc7 Rxc7 22.Bxc7 Qxc7
23.Qc2 Nf6 24.b3 Nb6 25.e3 Nbd5 26.Nxd5 Nxd5 27.Rd2 Bf6 28.Rc1 Nc3 29.Bf1 Rd8
30.Kg2 Rb8 31.Bc4 Bxc4 32.bxc4 a5 33.Rf1 a4 34.Qc1 Rb1 35.Qa3 Rxf1 36.Kxf1 Nb1
37.Qxa4 Nxd2+ 38.Ke2 Qd8  0-1

[Event "Open"]
[Site "Santo Domingo DOM"]
[Date "2006.10.31"]
[Round "1"]
[White "De los Santos,E"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2191"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Be2 Nbd7 6.h3 Bh5 7.Be3 e5 8.O-O Be7
9.Nd2 Bg6 10.f4 exf4 11.Bxf4 O-O 12.Kh1 Qc7 13.a4 Rfe8 14.Bf3 Rad8 15.a5 b5
16.axb6 axb6 17.Re1 b5 18.e5 dxe5 19.dxe5 Bb4 20.Qe2 Qb6 21.Nb3 Bxc3 22.bxc3 Nd5
23.Bxd5 cxd5 24.Nd4 Be4 25.Qxb5 Qg6 26.Qf1 Nxe5 27.Ra6 f6 28.Bxe5 Rxe5 29.Kh2 Bxg2
30.Qg1 Qh6  0-1

[Event "Open"]
[Site "Santo Domingo DOM"]
[Date "2006.11.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Mateo,Ra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[ECO "E38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 Qc7 6.Nf3 Na6 7.e3 Nxc5 8.Bd2 Bxc3
9.Bxc3 Nce4 10.Bb4 b6 11.Nd4 a6 12.Be2 Bb7 13.O-O d6 14.a4 O-O 15.a5 bxa5
16.Bxa5 Qc8 17.f3 Nc5 18.b4 Ncd7 19.e4 Ne5 20.Rfd1 Re8 21.Rac1 Qb8 22.Kh1 Rc8
23.Qd2 Bc6 24.Qe3 Ba4 25.Rd2 Qa7 26.Qa3 Bd7 27.Qa1 Qb8 28.Rdc2 Ng6 29.Qa3 Qb7
30.c5 dxc5 31.bxc5 Bc6 32.Rc3 Qb8 33.h3 e5 34.Nxc6 Rxc6 35.Bb5 Rc7 36.c6 Nh5  1-0

[Event "Open"]
[Site "Santo Domingo DOM"]
[Date "2006.11.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Quezada,Y"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 a6 8.Qd2 b5 9.a3 g5
10.fxg5 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Ncxe5 12.Be2 Bg7 13.O-O O-O 14.Rad1 Bb7 15.Qe1 Rc8 16.Kh1 Nc4
17.Bxc4 Rxc4 18.Nde2 Qe7 19.Rf4 Rd8 20.Rxc4 bxc4 21.Ng3 Nf8 22.Nce2 Bxb2
23.Nh5 Be5 24.Qf2 d4 25.Nf6+ Bxf6 26.gxf6 Qxa3 27.Bxd4 Ng6 28.Re1 Qh3 29.Kg1 Qh5
30.Bc3 h6 31.Nf4 Nxf4 32.Qxf4 Kh8 33.Rxe6 fxe6 34.f7+ Kh7 35.f8=Q Rxf8 36.Qxf8 Qd1+
37.Qf1 Qxf1+ 38.Kxf1 Be4 39.Kf2 Kg6 40.g4 Bxc2 41.Kg3 Kf7 42.Kf4 Ke7 43.Ke5 Kd7
44.Bd2 Bd1 45.h3 h5 46.gxh5 Bxh5 47.h4 Be2 48.Bb4 Kc6 49.Kxe6 Kb5 50.Bd2 a5
51.Kd5 a4 52.Kd4 a3 53.Kc3 Ka4 54.Bc1 a2 55.Kb2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Open"]
[Site "Santo Domingo DOM"]
[Date "2006.11.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Jonkman,H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[ECO "A22"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Bb4 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 O-O 5.e4 Bxc3 6.dxc3 d6 7.Qe2 a6 8.Nf3 Nbd7
9.O-O b5 10.Rd1 Bb7 11.Nh4 Nc5 12.f3 Nfd7 13.Be3 Bc6 14.b3 Qe8 15.Bf1 Kh8
16.Qd2 g6 17.cxb5 Bxb5 18.c4 Bc6 19.b4 Ne6 20.c5 dxc5 21.bxc5 Qe7 22.Qc3 f6
23.Rd2 Rfb8 24.Rad1 a5 25.Bc4 Ndf8 26.Bd5 Nd8 27.f4 Bxd5 28.exd5 Nf7 29.Nf3 Nd7
30.c6 exf4 31.gxf4 Nb6 32.d6 Na4 33.dxe7 Nxc3 34.Rc1 Nb5 35.Rd7 Re8 36.Nd4 Nxd4
37.Bxd4 Rac8 38.Bxf6+ Kg8 39.Re1 Nd6 40.Be5 Nf5 41.Bxc7 Kf7 42.a4 Nd4 43.Rxd4 Rxc7
44.Kf2 Rxc6 45.Rd5 Rxe7 46.Rxe7+ Kxe7 47.Rxa5 Rc3 48.Rb5 Rc4 49.Kg3 Rxa4
50.Rb7+ Kf6 51.Rxh7 Ra1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Open"]
[Site "Santo Domingo DOM"]
[Date "2006.11.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "De la Paz,F"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[ECO "C06"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.c3 c5 6.Bd3 b6 7.Ne2 Ba6 8.Bxa6 Nxa6
9.a3 Nc7 10.O-O Be7 11.f4 g6 12.Nf3 h5 13.b4 a5 14.bxc5 bxc5 15.Qa4 Kf8 16.Rb1 Ra6
17.Rb7 Qc8 18.Qb3 c4 19.Qb2 a4 20.f5 gxf5 21.Bg5 Na8 22.Bxe7+ Kxe7 23.Qb5 Rb6
24.Rxb6 Naxb6 25.Qb4+ Ke8 26.Rb1 h4 27.Qd6 Qd8 28.h3 Nc8 29.Qc6 Nb6 30.Nf4 Kf8
31.Nxe6+ fxe6 32.Qxe6 Qe7 33.Qxf5+ Qf7 34.Qg5 Rh5 35.Qd8+ Kg7 36.e6 Qxe6
37.Re1 Qf6 38.Re7+ Kh6 39.Qe8  1-0

[Event "Open"]
[Site "Santo Domingo DOM"]
[Date "2006.11.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Belorusov,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[ECO "D23"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.Qa4+ Nbd7 6.Bg5 c6 7.Qxc4 Qb6 8.Rb1 Nd5
9.a3 N7f6 10.Bxf6 Nxc3 11.Qxc3 gxf6 12.e3 Bd6 13.Be2 Bd7 14.Nd2 Qc7 15.Ne4 Be7
16.b4 Rg8 17.Bf3 f5 18.Nc5 a6 19.a4 Bxc5 20.Qxc5 b6 21.Qc3 Ra7 22.O-O Ke7
23.Rfc1 Rc8 24.a5 Rb7 25.Be2 b5 26.Qd2 Rg8 27.Rc5 Qd6 28.Rbc1 Rc7 29.Bf3 f6
30.Qc3 Rgc8 31.g3 Be8 32.Qc2 Kd8 33.e4 fxe4 34.Bxe4 f5 35.Bf3 Bd7 36.Qc3 Be8
37.Qe3 Re7 38.Qg5 Rc7 39.Qg8 Kd7 40.Qh8 Rc8 41.Bxc6+ Rxc6 42.Rxc6 Qxc6 43.Rxc6 Kxc6
44.Qe5 Kb7 45.d5  1-0

[Event "Open"]
[Site "Santo Domingo DOM"]
[Date "2006.11.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nogueiras,J"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 c6 3.c4 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Bg4 7.Qb3 Qc7 8.h3 Bh5
9.g4 Bg6 10.Nxg6 hxg6 11.Bg2 Nbd7 12.g5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Open"]
[Site "Santo Domingo DOM"]
[Date "2006.11.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Mikhalevski,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "B73"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.e4 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bg7 6.Be3 d6 7.Be2 Nf6 8.O-O O-O
9.Qd2 Ng4 10.Bxg4 Bxg4 11.f3 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 Bxd4+ 13.Qxd4 Be6 14.Rad1 Qa5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Open"]
[Site "Santo Domingo DOM"]
[Date "2006.11.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Zapata,A"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[ECO "C06"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.c3 c5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.Ne2 Qb6 8.Nf3 cxd4
9.cxd4 f6 10.exf6 Nxf6 11.O-O Bd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "1st GMA Cup"]
[Site "Manila PHI"]
[Date "2006.11.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Perena,C"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2227"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[ECO "D04"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.e3 d5 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.b3 Bg4 6.Bb2 cxd4 7.exd4 e6 8.Nbd2 Bd6
9.O-O O-O 10.a3 Rc8 11.Re1 Bf4 12.Nf1 Qb6 13.h3 Bh5 14.g3 Bd6 15.N1d2 Rfe8
16.Qe2 a6 17.Rac1 Be7 18.Qe3 Bg6 19.Bxg6 hxg6 20.Ng5 Bd6 21.Ndf3 Rf8 22.Qd2 Qa5
23.Qe2 Qb5 24.Qe3 Nh7 25.Nxh7 Kxh7 26.Ng5+ Kg8 27.Qf3 Nd8 28.Qg4 Be7 29.h4 Qd7
30.Kg2 f5 31.Qf4 Nf7 32.Nf3 b5 33.Re2 Rc6 34.g4 Bd6 35.Ne5 Bxe5 36.dxe5 fxg4
37.Qxg4 Nh6 38.Qxg6 Nf5 39.Qg5 Rfc8 40.Qf4 Qf7 41.Kh3 Qh5 42.Rd2 Kf7 43.Qg5 Rh8
44.Qxh5+ Rxh5 45.Kg4 Rxh4+ 46.Kf3 g5 47.Rg1 Rf4+ 48.Ke2 Kg6 49.f3 Rc8 50.Rg4 Rh8
51.Rxf4 gxf4 52.Kd3 Rh3 53.Rf2 Nh4 54.Ke2 Kf5 55.a4 bxa4 56.c4 axb3 57.c5 Ng6
58.c6 Rh8 59.Rf1 Nxe5 60.Ra1 Rh2+ 61.Kd1 Nxc6 62.Rxa6  0-1

[Event "1st GMA Cup"]
[Site "Manila PHI"]
[Date "2006.11.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Ranola,Y"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2414"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.d4  1-0

[Event "1st GMA Cup"]
[Site "Manila PHI"]
[Date "2006.11.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dableo,R"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[ECO "A09"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c5 4.O-O Nc6 5.c4 d4 6.d3 Bg4 7.b4 Nxb4 8.Ne5 Bc8
9.a3 Na6 10.Nd2 e6 11.Rb1 Qc7 12.Qa4+ Nd7 13.Bxb7 Bxb7 14.Qxd7+ Qxd7 15.Nxd7 Bc6
16.Nxf8 Rxf8 17.Nb3 Kd7 18.Na5 Rab8 19.Bf4 Rb6 20.Nxc6 Kxc6 21.g4 f6 22.Bg3 Rf7
23.Rxb6+ axb6 24.Rb1 Re7 25.f3 e5 26.Be1 Ra7 27.a4 Nc7 28.Ra1 Ne6 29.Bd2 g6
30.Kf2 f5 31.gxf5 gxf5 32.Bh6 Rf7 33.Rg1 e4 34.f4 e3+ 35.Kf3 Rf6 36.Bg7 Rg6
37.Rxg6 hxg6 38.Bf6 Nc7 39.Kg3 Na6 40.Kf3 Kd6 41.Bh4 Nb4 42.Be1 Kc6 43.Bh4 Kb7
44.Be1 Ka6 45.Kg2 Ka5 46.Kh3 Kxa4 47.Kh4 b5 48.cxb5 Kxb5 49.Kg5 Nxd3 50.exd3 c4
51.dxc4+ Kxc4  0-1

[Event "1st GMA Cup"]
[Site "Manila PHI"]
[Date "2006.11.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Antonio,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "A73"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.Nd2 Nbd7 8.e4 Bg7
9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O Ne8 11.Kh1 Rb8 12.a4 a6 13.Nc4 Nb6 14.Ne3 Bd7 15.f4 Nc8
16.a5 Ne7 17.Nc4 Bb5 18.Be3 Nc8 19.e5 Bxc4 20.Bxc4 Nc7 21.Ne4 dxe5 22.Bxc5 exf4
23.Bxf8  1-0

[Event "1st GMA Cup"]
[Site "Manila PHI"]
[Date "2006.11.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Onischuk,Al"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6  1/2-1/2

[Event "1st GMA Cup"]
[Site "Manila PHI"]
[Date "2006.11.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Belov,Vl"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bc5
9.Qd2 Nxd4 10.Bxd4 Bxd4 11.Qxd4 Qb6 12.Nb5 Qxd4 13.Nxd4 Ke7 14.h4 h5 15.Rh3 Nb8
16.Rc3 Bd7 17.Rc7 Nc6 18.O-O-O Rhb8 19.Bb5 Kd8 20.Rxc6 a6 21.Rc3 axb5 22.a3 Rc8
23.Rxc8+ Rxc8 24.Rd3 Rc4 25.b3 Rc5 26.Rg3 g6 27.Kb2 Rc8 28.Rc3 Ra8 29.Rc5  1-0

[Event "1st GMA Cup"]
[Site "Manila PHI"]
[Date "2006.11.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Wang Rui"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2463"]
[ECO "D27"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 Nf6 4.Bxc4 e6 5.Nf3 c5 6.O-O a6 7.b3 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Be7
9.Bb2 Bd7 10.Nd2 Nc6 11.N2f3 O-O 12.Qe2 Qa5 13.a3 Qh5 14.b4 Rac8 15.Nb3 e5
16.Nfd2 Qg6 17.f3 Rfd8 18.Rac1 Be8 19.b5 axb5 20.Bxb5 Nd5 21.Ne4 f5 22.Nc3 Nxc3
23.Rxc3 Bf7 24.Rfc1 Bf6 25.Bxc6 Rxc6 26.Rxc6 bxc6 27.Nc5 e4 28.fxe4 Bxb2
29.Qxb2 fxe4 30.a4 Qh5 31.Qc2 Qg5 32.Qc3 h5 33.a5 h4 34.h3 Bd5 35.a6 Ra8
36.Ra1 Ra7 37.Rb1 Ra8 38.Rf1 Kh7 39.Qd4 Qe7 40.Rb1 Qg5 41.Rf1 Qe7 42.Rf4 Kg8
43.Rf5 Rb8 44.Rf1 Rb5 45.Ra1 Qa7 46.Nb7 Rb6 47.Nd6 Be6 48.Qxe4 Bd5 49.Qe8+ Kh7
50.Nc8 Rxa6 51.Nxa7 Rxa1+ 52.Kh2 Rxa7 53.Qh5+ Kg8 54.e4 Bf7 55.Qxh4 Ra8 56.Kg3 Re8
57.Kf4 c5 58.Qg3 c4 59.h4 Rf8 60.Ke3 Rc8 61.Qg4 Re8 62.Kd4 Rd8+ 63.Kc3 Rd3+
64.Kc2 Rd6 65.h5 Rh6 66.Qc8+ Kh7 67.Qf5+ Kg8 68.g4 Be6 69.Qf4 Rf6 70.Qg3 g6
71.Qe5 Rf2+ 72.Kc1 Bxg4 73.Qe8+  1-0

[Event "1st GMA Cup"]
[Site "Manila PHI"]
[Date "2006.11.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Zhang Pengxiang"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[ECO "E46"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Bb4 4.e3 Nf6 5.Ne2 O-O 6.a3 Be7 7.Nf4 c6 8.Bd3 Nbd7
9.cxd5 cxd5 10.O-O b6 11.b3 Bb7 12.Bb2 a6 13.a4 Bb4 14.Qe2 Qe7 15.Rfc1 Rfc8
16.Rc2 Nb8 17.Na2 Rxc2 18.Bxc2 Bd6 19.Nd3 Nc6 20.Ne5 Nd7 21.Nxc6 Bxc6 22.Bxh7+ Kxh7
23.Qc2+ f5 24.Qxc6 Rh8 25.Nc1 Nf6 26.Nd3 Kg6 27.Ne5+ Bxe5 28.dxe5 Ne4 29.Ba3 Qf7
30.f3 Ng5 31.Qxb6 Qg8 32.Be7 Qc8 33.Bxg5 Kxg5 34.Rf1 Kg6 35.e4 Rd8 36.exf5+ Kxf5
37.Qd4 Kg6 38.f4 Kh7 39.h3 Rf8 40.Kh2 Rf7 41.Rf3 Qf8 42.Qd3+ Kh8 43.Kg3 Qc8
44.b4 Rf5 45.b5 axb5 46.axb5 Qc5 47.Qc3 Qxb5 48.Qc8+ Kh7 49.Qxe6 Rf8 50.f5 Qc5
51.Kh2 Qd4 52.Rg3 Kh8 53.Qe7  1-0

[Event "1st GMA Cup"]
[Site "Manila PHI"]
[Date "2006.11.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Garma,C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[ECO "D36"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 O-O 8.Bd3 Re8
9.Nge2 Nbd7 10.O-O Nf8 11.Qc2 c6 12.f3 Nh5 13.Bf2 Bh4 14.e4 Bxf2+ 15.Rxf2 Ne6
16.e5 Qg5 17.g3 Nhf4 18.h4 Nh3+ 19.Kg2 Qe3 20.Rff1 Nxd4 21.Nxd4 Qxd4 22.f4 Bg4
23.Be2 h5 24.Rad1 Qb4 25.Rd2 Qe7 26.Bxg4 hxg4 27.Qd1 Qe6 28.f5 Qh6 29.Rd4 Ng5
30.Rxg4 Nh7 31.Qd4 Rad8 32.Qf4 Qxf4 33.gxf4 f6 34.e6 d4 35.Ne4 Rd5 36.Kf3 Re7
37.Ng3 Nf8 38.h5 Kh7 39.Rd1 a5 40.Rh4 c5 41.Rh2 d3 42.b3 b5 43.Rhd2 c4 44.bxc4 bxc4
45.Rc1 Rc7 46.Ke3 Rd6 47.Rc3 Kh6 48.Kf3 Rd5 49.Rd1 Kh7 50.Re1 Kg8 51.Ke3 Nh7
52.Kd2 Kf8 53.Re4 Rdc5 54.Rd4 Ke7 55.Nf1 Rxf5 56.Ne3 Rxh5 57.Nd5+ Rxd5 58.Rxd5 Kxe6
59.Rdxd3 g5 60.Rd4 gxf4 61.Rcxc4 Rb7 62.Re4+ Kf7 63.Rxf4 Rb2+ 64.Rc2 Rb5
65.Rc7+ Kg6 66.Ra4 Ng5 67.Ra7 Rd5+ 68.Ke2 Re5+ 69.Kf1 Rb5 70.R4xa5 Rb2 71.Re7 Nf3
72.Re2 Nh2+ 73.Ke1 Rb1+ 74.Kf2 f5 75.a4 Ng4+ 76.Kg2 Rb3 77.Re6+ Kg5 78.Rb5 Ra3
79.a5 Ra2+ 80.Kf3 Rf2+ 81.Kg3 Ra2 82.a6 Ra3+ 83.Kg2 Kh4 84.Rxf5 Rxa6 85.Rxa6 Ne3+
86.Kf3 Nxf5 87.Kf4  1-0

[Event "16th North American Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2006.12.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Aldama,D"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2454"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[ECO "C00"]

1.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.Ngf3 c5 5.Be2 Nc6 6.O-O Be7 7.c3 Qc7 8.Re1 O-O
9.Bf1 b5 10.a4 b4 11.e5 Nd7 12.d4 a5 13.Bb5 bxc3 14.bxc3 cxd4 15.cxd4 Ba6
16.Bxc6 Qxc6 17.Ba3 Bxa3 18.Rxa3 Rfc8 19.Nf1 Rab8 20.Qd2 Rb4 21.Qf4 Nf8 22.Ng3 Rxa4
23.Rxa4 Qxa4 24.h4 Qc2 25.Ra1 Qc3 26.Rb1 Bd3 27.Rb7 Qc1+ 28.Qxc1 Rxc1+ 29.Kh2 Rc6
30.Ng5 a4 31.Nxf7 a3 32.Nh5 Bg6 33.Nf6+ gxf6 34.Nh6+ Kh8 35.exf6 Rc8 36.Rg7 Nd7
37.Rxd7 Ra8 38.g4 a2 39.h5 a1=Q 40.hxg6 hxg6 41.Nf7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "II Int Open"]
[Site "Morelia MEX"]
[Date "2007.02.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "De Winter,W"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2114"]
[ECO "D13"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Bf4 e6 7.e3 Be7 8.h3 Bd7
9.Bd3 Qb6 10.Rb1 a6 11.O-O Rc8 12.Ne5 Nb4 13.Be2 Nc6 14.Bd3 Nb4 15.Qb3 Qa7
16.Be2 Nc6 17.Bg5 b5 18.Rbc1 O-O 19.Qd1 Rfe8 20.Bd3 b4 21.Bxf6 Nxe5 22.dxe5 bxc3
23.Bxe7 Rxe7 24.Rxc3 Rxc3 25.bxc3 a5 26.Qb3 g6 27.Rb1 Kg7 28.Qa3 Re8 29.e4 Rb8
30.Rxb8 Qxb8 31.Qxa5 Qxe5 32.Qc5 Qh5 33.exd5 exd5 34.Bf1 Qd1 35.Qd4+ Qxd4
36.cxd4 Ba4 37.f3 Kf6 38.Kf2 Ke6 39.Ke3 h6 40.Kd2 Kd6 41.Kc3 f5 42.Kb4 Bd7
43.f4 g5 44.g3 Be8 45.a4  1-0

[Event "II Int Open"]
[Site "Morelia MEX"]
[Date "2007.02.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hernandez,Ya"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2232"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "A09"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c5 3.Bg2 Nc6 4.c4 d4 5.d3 Nf6 6.O-O Bg4 7.h3 Bf5 8.Nh4 Bd7
9.Na3 e5 10.Nc2 Bd6 11.e3 Qc8 12.exd4 cxd4 13.Kh2 O-O 14.Bg5 Be7 15.Nf3 h6
16.Bxf6 Bxf6 17.b4 e4 18.dxe4 d3 19.Qxd3 Bxa1 20.Rxa1 a5 21.b5 Nb4 22.Nxb4 axb4
23.Nd4 Rd8 24.Qc2 Ra3 25.Bf1 Be6 26.Nb3 b6 27.Re1 Qc7 28.e5 Rda8 29.Nc1 Rc3
30.Qe4 Rd8 31.Bd3 g6 32.Be2 Bxc4 33.Qh4 Be6 34.Bg4 Bxg4 35.hxg4 Rd2 36.Ne2 Qxe5  0-1

[Event "II Int Open"]
[Site "Morelia MEX"]
[Date "2007.02.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Leon Hoyos,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[ECO "A41"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Bg4 3.c4 Nd7 4.Qb3 Rb8 5.Nc3 Ngf6 6.e4 c6 7.Be3 a6 8.Be2 e5
9.O-O Qc7 10.Rfd1 Be7 11.Qc2 O-O 12.Rac1 Rfe8 13.b4 Bxf3 14.Bxf3 exd4 15.Bxd4 a5
16.a3 Bf8 17.Be2 g6 18.f4 Bg7 19.Bf3 Re6 20.Qd2 Rbe8 21.Qf2 axb4 22.axb4 Qb8
23.Rd2 h5 24.Rcd1 Nf8 25.Qg3 Rd8 26.Kh1 Ne8 27.Bxg7 Nxg7 28.e5 d5 29.f5 Rxe5
30.f6 Ne8 31.cxd5 Nxf6 32.dxc6 Rxd2 33.Rxd2 bxc6 34.h3 N8d7 35.b5 h4 36.Qxh4 Re3
37.bxc6 Ne5 38.Be2 Kg7 39.c7 Qa8 40.Rd8 Qa1+ 41.Kh2  1-0

[Event "II Int Open"]
[Site "Morelia MEX"]
[Date "2007.02.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Quezada,Y"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "C10"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Bg5 h6 7.Nxf6+ Nxf6 8.Be3 Nd5
9.Bd2 c5 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.Bd3 Qb6 12.O-O Qxb2 13.Rb1 Qf6 14.Bb5+ Ke7 15.c4 Nc3
16.Bxc3 Qxc3 17.Rb3 Qf6 18.Rd3 Qf4 19.g3 Qc7 20.Qa1 f6 21.Rfd1 a6 22.Ba4 Qa5
23.Nh4 Kf7 24.Bd7 Rd8 25.Qb1 Kg8 26.Bxc8 Raxc8 27.Rxd8+ Rxd8 28.Rxd8+ Qxd8
29.Qxb7 Qd4 30.Qb8+ Kh7 31.Qb1+ f5 32.Qc2 Qe4 33.Qxe4 fxe4 34.Kf1 g5 35.Ng2 Kg6
36.Ke2 h5 37.h4 gxh4 38.Nxh4+ Kf6 39.Ng2 Kf5 40.Ne3+ Ke5 41.Ng2 Kf5 42.Ne3+ Ke5
43.Ng2  1/2-1/2

[Event "II Int Open"]
[Site "Morelia MEX"]
[Date "2007.02.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Huerta,Da"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2338"]
[ECO "D36"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.e3 O-O 8.Bd3 h6
9.Bh4 Nbd7 10.Nge2 Re8 11.O-O-O Qa5 12.Kb1 b5 13.Rc1 Ba6 14.Rhd1 b4 15.Na4 Bxd3
16.Rxd3 Qb5 17.Rdd1 Rac8 18.Bxf6 Nxf6 19.Nc5 Bxc5 20.dxc5 Nd7 21.Nd4 Qb8
22.g3 a5 23.Nf5 Rc7 24.Qd3 Ra7 25.Qd4 Re5 26.Qg4 g6 27.Nd4 Qa8 28.Qf4 Kg7
29.g4 Ra6 30.h4 Qd8 31.h5 Qf6 32.Qg3 Ra8 33.hxg6 fxg6 34.f4 Re7 35.Rh1 Rh8
36.Rxh6 Rxh6 37.g5 Qf8 38.gxh6+ Kxh6 39.Qh3+ Kg7 40.Nxc6  1-0

[Event "II Int Open"]
[Site "Morelia MEX"]
[Date "2007.02.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Milov,V"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "E25"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.f3 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 c5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.dxc5 Qa5
9.e4 Nc7 10.Qd4 f6 11.Qb4 Nc6 12.Qxa5 Nxa5 13.Rb1 Bd7 14.Ne2 e5 15.Ng3 g6
16.f4 Ne6 17.fxe5 fxe5 18.Be3 O-O-O 19.h4 Nf4 20.h5 gxh5 21.Nxh5 Bc6 22.Bxf4 exf4
23.Nf6 h5 24.Rh4 Rhf8 25.e5 f3 26.gxf3 Bxf3 27.Bh3+ Kc7 28.Rf4 Bg4 29.Bxg4 hxg4
30.Kf2 Nc6 31.Re1 Ne7 32.Kg3 Kc6 33.Kxg4 Kxc5 34.Nd7+ Rxd7 35.Rxf8 Nc6 36.e6 Rg7+
37.Kh5  1-0

[Event "II Rapid"]
[Site "Canada de Calatrava ESP"]
[Date "2007.04.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Karpov,Ana"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2 c6 8.O-O d5
9.Ne5 Nfd7 10.Bf4 Nxe5 11.Bxe5 O-O 12.Nd2 Nd7 13.Bf4 Bf6 14.e3 Qe7 15.h4 e5  1/2-1/2

[Event "II Rapid"]
[Site "Canada de Calatrava ESP"]
[Date "2007.04.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov,Iv"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "D34"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.g3 Nf6 7.Bg2 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.Bg5 cxd4 10.Nxd4 h6 11.Bf4 Bg4 12.h3 Be6 13.Rc1 Rc8 14.Nxe6 fxe6 15.e4 d4
16.e5 dxc3 17.exf6 Bxf6 18.bxc3 Qxd1 19.Rfxd1 Rfd8 20.Be3 b6 21.Rxd8+ Nxd8
22.c4 Nc6 23.c5 Nb4 24.Bb7 Rc7 25.cxb6 Rxc1+ 26.Bxc1 axb6 27.a3 Nd3 28.Be3 Be7
29.Ba6 Nb2 30.Bxb6 Bxa3 31.Bb5 Nd1 32.Bc4 Kf7 33.f4 g6 34.g4 Bc1 35.Bc7 Ne3
36.Bb3 h5 37.gxh5 gxh5 38.Be5 Nf5 39.Kf2 Be3+ 40.Kf3 Bd4 41.Ke4 Bxe5 42.Kxe5 Ng7
43.h4 Ke7 44.Bc2 Ne8 45.f5  1/2-1/2

[Event "II Rapid"]
[Site "Canada de Calatrava ESP"]
[Date "2007.04.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Ivanchuk,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[ECO "E18"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3 Ne4 8.Nxe4 Bxe4
9.Ne1 Bxg2 10.Nxg2 d5 11.Qc2 c6 12.Bf4 Nd7 13.cxd5 cxd5 14.Rac1 Nf6 15.Bg5 Ne4
16.Bxe7 Qxe7 17.Nf4 Qb7 18.Qc7 Qa6 19.Qe5 Nf6 20.a3 Rac8 21.Kg2 h6 22.Qd6 Rc4
23.e3 Rfc8 24.Rxc4 Qxc4 25.h4 Qc2 26.Qb4 Ne4  0-1

[Event "II Rapid"]
[Site "Canada de Calatrava ESP"]
[Date "2007.04.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Bacrot,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[ECO "D13"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bf4 Nc6 7.Rc1 Bf5 8.e3 Rc8
9.Ne5 e6 10.Qb3 Nxe5 11.Bxe5 Qd7 12.Be2 Be7 13.O-O O-O 14.Na4 Rxc1 15.Rxc1 Rc8
16.Nc5 Bxc5 17.dxc5 Ne4 18.Bd4 f6 19.f3 Nd6 20.Qd1 Nb5 21.a4 Nxd4 22.exd4 e5
23.b4 Qe6 24.Bf1 Bg6 25.Qd2 h6 26.b5 axb5 27.axb5 Kh7 28.Re1 Qd7 29.f4 exd4
30.Qxd4 Qc7 31.Rc1 Be4 32.g3 Qa5 33.Ra1 Qc7 34.Rc1 Qa5 35.c6 bxc6 36.bxc6 Qa3
37.Qc3 Qxc3 38.Rxc3 d4 39.Rc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Stillwater USA"]
[Date "2007.05.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Burnett,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2376"]
[ECO "E45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Ne2 Ba6 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.Nxc3 d5 8.Qf3 O-O
9.g4 c6 10.b3 b5 11.c5 e5 12.g5 e4 13.Qg3 Nh5 14.Qg2 g6 15.b4 Bb7 16.Bd2 a5
17.bxa5 Rxa5 18.Be2 Ng7 19.O-O Nf5 20.Nxe4 dxe4 21.Bxa5 Qxa5 22.Qxe4 Qd8
23.Qg2 Bc8 24.a4 bxa4 25.Rxa4 Be6 26.Rb1 Nd7 27.e4 Ng7 28.Ra7 Re8 29.Qg3 Nf8
30.Rb4 Bd7 31.Bf3 f5 32.e5 Nge6 33.h4 Re7 34.Bg2 Be8 35.Rxe7 Qxe7 36.Qb3 Kh8
37.Rb7 Qd8 38.Rb8 Qe7 39.Qc3 Nf4 40.Bf3 Bf7 41.e6  1-0

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Stillwater USA"]
[Date "2007.05.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khachiyan,M"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[ECO "C14"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.h4 Bxg5 7.hxg5 Qxg5 8.Nh3 Qe7
9.Nf4 Nc6 10.Qg4 Nxd4 11.O-O-O Nf5 12.Nfxd5 exd5 13.Nxd5 Qxe5 14.Bb5 O-O
15.Qh5 h6 16.Rhe1 Qxd5 17.Rxd5 Nf6 18.Qf3 Nxd5 19.g4 Nfe7 20.c4 Nb6 21.Rxe7 c6
22.c5 cxb5 23.cxb6 axb6 24.Qe2 Be6 25.b3 Ra5 26.f4 Rfa8 27.f5 Rxa2 28.Qxb5 R2a5
29.Qxb6 Bd5 30.Rd7 R5a6 31.Qe3  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Stillwater USA"]
[Date "2007.05.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Yermolinsky,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[ECO "E70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 Nbd7 7.f4 c5 8.e5 Nh7 9.Nf3 cxd4
10.Nd5 g5 11.exd6 exd6 12.fxg5 Nxg5 13.Nxg5 hxg5 14.Bf2 Ne5 15.Be2 b5 16.O-O bxc4
17.Bxd4 Be6 18.Bxc4 Rh4 19.Bb5+ Kf8 20.Bf2 Rh6 21.Be2 Rc8 22.Qd2 Nc4 23.Bxc4 Rxc4
24.Be3 Rg4 25.Rf3 Qa8 26.Rd1 Qxd5 27.Qxd5 Bxd5 28.Rxd5 Bxb2 29.Rdf5 Rh7 30.Bxa7 Ra4  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Stillwater USA"]
[Date "2007.05.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Shulman,Y"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "D48"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 a6
9.O-O c5 10.a4 b4 11.Ne4 Bb7 12.Nxf6+ Nxf6 13.b3 cxd4 14.exd4 Be7 15.Bc4 O-O
16.Ne5 Nd5 17.a5 Bf6 18.Bd2 Qd6 19.Qe2 Ne7 20.Ra4 Nc6 21.Nxc6 Qxc6 22.f3 Bxd4+
23.Kh1 Bc3 24.Bxc3 bxc3 25.Rc1 Rfd8 26.Rxc3 Rd4 27.Rd3 Rad8 28.Rxd4 Rxd4
29.Ra1 Qd6 30.Re1 g6  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Stillwater USA"]
[Date "2007.05.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Becerra Rivero,J"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[ECO "C12"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bb4 5.e5 h6 6.Bd2 Bxc3 7.bxc3 Ne4 8.Qg4 g6
9.Bd3 Nxd2 10.Kxd2 c5 11.h4 Nd7 12.Bxg6 fxg6 13.Qxg6+ Kf8 14.Ne2 Qe8 15.Nf4 Qxg6
16.Nxg6+ Kg7 17.Nxh8 Nb6 18.h5 Kxh8 19.Rh4 Bd7 20.Rf4 Nc4+ 21.Ke2 Bb5 22.a4 Bd7
23.Rf7 Rd8 24.g4 a5 25.f4 cxd4 26.cxd4 b5 27.Rf6 Kg7 28.g5 Be8 29.gxh6+ Kh7
30.Rg1 Bxh5+ 31.Kd3 bxa4 32.Rg7+ Kh8 33.f5 Rg8 34.Rxg8+ Kxg8 35.Kc3 exf5
36.e6 a3 37.Kb3 Kh7 38.e7 a4+ 39.Ka2 f4 40.Rxf4 Kxh6 41.Rf5 Be8 42.Rf8 Bb5
43.e8=Q Bxe8 44.Rxe8 Kg6 45.Rc8 Kf5 46.Rxc4 dxc4 47.c3 Kf4 48.Kxa3  1-0

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Stillwater USA"]
[Date "2007.05.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Browne,W"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2447"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 a6 8.Qd2 Be7
9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O b5 11.Nd1 b4 12.Nf2 a5 13.dxc5 Nxc5 14.Nd4 Nxd4 15.Bxd4 Ba6
16.Rae1 Qc7 17.Kh1 Rfc8 18.Qe3 Bxe2 19.Rxe2 Ra6 20.g4 Rc6 21.f5 Kh8 22.f6 gxf6
23.exf6 Bd6 24.Qh6 Rg8 25.Qh5 Rg6 26.Nh3 Ne4 27.Rxe4 dxe4 28.Ng5 Rxg5 29.Qxg5 Bf8
30.c3 a4 31.a3 bxa3 32.bxa3 Qb7 33.Kg1 Rc8 34.Re1 Qd5 35.Qe3 Bxa3 36.Ra1 Bf8
37.Rxa4 e5 38.Qg5 Qb3  0-1

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Stillwater USA"]
[Date "2007.05.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Perelshteyn,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[ECO "D94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.e3 O-O 6.b4 c6 7.Bb2 a5 8.b5 a4 9.Ba3 cxb5
10.cxb5 Bg4 11.Bb4 Nbd7 12.Nxa4 e5 13.Be2 Re8 14.dxe5 Nxe5 15.Nc5 Nxf3+ 16.gxf3 Bh3
17.Bc3 b6 18.Nb3 Rxe3 19.Bd4 Re8 20.Rg1 Nh5 21.Qd2 Ra4 22.O-O-O Qc8+ 23.Kb1 Bf5+
24.Ka1 Qc2  0-1

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Stillwater USA"]
[Date "2007.05.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Robson,R"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2293"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6 4.f4 Qa5 5.Bd3 e5 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.O-O Be7 8.Kh1 O-O
9.Qe1 Qc7 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.f5 b5 12.a3 Nc5 13.Qg3 Nfd7 14.Bh6 Bf6 15.Be3 a5
16.Qh3 Be7 17.g4 Rd8 18.g5 g6 19.Qg3 Ba6 20.Nd1 Nxd3 21.cxd3 b4 22.Nf2 bxa3
23.bxa3 Rab8 24.Nh4 Bf8 25.Qf3 Bg7 26.Rad1 Qd6 27.Ng4 Kh8 28.Rd2 Rb3 29.Rfd1 c5
30.Nh6 Bxh6 31.gxh6 Rf8 32.Bg5 Rxa3 33.Kg1 Kg8 34.f6 Rb8 35.Qg3 Kh8 36.Nf3 Rbb3
37.Bh4 Rxd3 38.Ng5 Kg8 39.Qf2 a4 40.Nf3 Rxd2 41.Rxd2 Rd3 42.Rxd3 Qxd3 43.Kg2 Qxe4
44.Qd2 Bb7  0-1

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Stillwater USA"]
[Date "2007.05.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Sevillano,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[ECO "A57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 e6 5.Nc3 exd5 6.Nxd5 Bb7 7.Nxf6+ Qxf6 8.Nf3 Be7
9.e3 Qg6 10.Bd2 O-O 11.Bc3 Bf6 12.Rc1 a6 13.bxa6 Nxa6 14.a3 Bxc3+ 15.Rxc3 Rfe8
16.h4 d5 17.Bd3 Qxg2 18.Rg1 Qh3 19.Bxh7+ Kf8 20.Rg3 Qh1+ 21.Rg1 Qh3 22.Rg3 Qh1+
23.Kd2 Qxd1+ 24.Kxd1 g6 25.h5 gxh5 26.Nh4 Ke7 27.Nf5+ Kd7 28.Rg5 c4 29.Rxh5 Nc5
30.Nd4 Rh8 31.Rc1 Kd6 32.Kc2 Nd3 33.Rch1 Ne5 34.Rh6+ Kc7 35.Nb5+ Kd8 36.Bf5 Rxh6
37.Rxh6 Ra6 38.Rxa6 Bxa6 39.Nd4 Kc7 40.Kc3 Bc8 41.f4 Bxf5 42.fxe5 Bg4 43.Kb4 Kb6
44.a4 Bh5 45.a5+ Ka6 46.Nb5 Bf3 47.Nd6 Bh5 48.e4  1-0

[Event "16th Chicago Open"]
[Site "Oak Brook USA"]
[Date "2007.05.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Homa,Seth"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Bg5 O-O 6.Qd2 Na6 7.f4 c6 8.Nf3 Nc7
9.Bh4 d5 10.e5 Ne4 11.Qe3 Nxc3 12.bxc3 f6 13.Bd3 dxc4 14.Bxc4+ Nd5 15.Qd2 Bf5
16.O-O Kh8 17.a4 Qa5 18.Be1 Bh6 19.g3 Rad8 20.Bd3 fxe5 21.Nxe5 Nf6 22.Rb1 Nd7
23.Bxf5 Rxf5 24.Ng4 Bg7 25.Ne3 Rff8 26.Qc2 c5 27.c4 Qa6 28.d5 Bd4 29.Bf2 Nb6
30.Rfc1 Rd7 31.Ng4 Qxa4 32.Bxd4+ cxd4 33.Qe4  1-0

[Event "35th World Open"]
[Site "King of Prussia USA"]
[Date "2007.06.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sharavdorj,D"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2454"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[ECO "D16"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c6 3.c4 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 e6 6.e3 c5 7.Bxc4 Nc6 8.O-O Be7
9.Qe2 cxd4 10.Rd1 O-O 11.Nxd4 Qc7 12.Nxc6 bxc6 13.b3 Bb7 14.Bb2 a6 15.e4 c5
16.e5 Nd7 17.f4 Nb6 18.Bd3 c4 19.bxc4 Rac8 20.Ne4 Nxc4 21.Bd4 Rfd8 22.Bxc4 Qxc4
23.Qxc4 Rxc4 24.Nd6 Bxd6 25.Bb6 Bc7 26.Rxd8+ Bxd8 27.Bxd8 Rc2 28.Rb1 Rxg2+
29.Kf1 Bd5 30.Rb8 h6 31.Bh4+ Kh7 32.Bg3 Ra2 33.Rb4 a5 34.Rd4 Bc6 35.Be1 Bxa4
36.Bd2 Bb3 37.Ke1 a4 38.Rd7 Kg6 39.f5+ exf5 40.Rd3  0-1

[Event "35th World Open"]
[Site "King of Prussia USA"]
[Date "2007.06.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Howell,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[ECO "D80"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Ne4 5.Bh4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 dxc4 7.e3 Be6 8.Rb1 b6
9.Nf3 Bg7 10.Nd2 O-O 11.Be2 f5 12.O-O Nd7 13.Qa4 c5 14.Bxc4 Bxc4 15.Qxc4+ Kh8
16.Nf3 Qe8 17.Qe6 Bf6 18.Bxf6+ Rxf6 19.Qb3 e5 20.a4 Rb8 21.Rfd1 e4 22.Nd2 Qe6
23.Qb5 Qc6 24.Qa6 Qb7 25.Qe2 Qc6 26.Nc4 Rc8 27.d5 Qb7 28.Rb5 Re8 29.a5 a6
30.Rxb6 Nxb6 31.axb6 Rxb6 32.Nxb6 Qxb6 33.Qa2 Rd8 34.h3 Kg7 35.Rb1 Qf6 36.c4 Kh6
37.Qa5 Rc8 38.Rb6 Qh8 39.g3 Ra8 40.Kg2 Qc8 41.Rc6 Qb7 42.Qxc5  1-0

[Event "35th World Open"]
[Site "King of Prussia USA"]
[Date "2007.06.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Stripunsky,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c6 3.c4 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5 8.Bg3 b5 9.Be2 Bb7
10.O-O Nbd7 11.Ne5 h5 12.Nxd7 Qxd7 13.Be5 Rh6 14.Qc1 Qe7 15.Qxg5 Nd7 16.Bf4 Qxg5
17.Bxg5 Rh8 18.e5 Be7 19.f4 b4 20.Na4 Ba6 21.b3 Bb5 22.Bxc4 Bxa4 23.bxa4 Nb6
24.Bb3 Rd8 25.Rac1 Rxd4 26.Rxc6 Kd7 27.Rfc1 Rc8 28.Rxc8 Nxc8 29.Rd1 Rxd1+
30.Bxd1 Bxg5 31.fxg5 Nb6 32.h4 Ke7 33.Kf2 Nc4 34.Bxh5 Nxe5 35.Be2 Nd7 36.a5 Nc5
37.Ke3 a6 38.Kd4 b3 39.axb3 Nxb3+ 40.Kc3 Nxa5 41.Bf3  1-0

[Event "35th World Open"]
[Site "King of Prussia USA"]
[Date "2007.06.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura,H"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[ECO "C10"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ndf6 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.c3 c5 8.Ne5 a6
9.Bg5 Qc7 10.Qa4+ Nd7 11.Bf4 Bd6 12.Nxd7 Bxd7 13.Bxd6 Qxd6 14.Qa3 Rc8 15.Be2 Ke7
16.O-O-O Rhd8 17.f3  1/2-1/2

[Event "35th World Open"]
[Site "King of Prussia USA"]
[Date "2007.06.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Yudasin,L"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[ECO "A36"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.e3 e6 6.Nge2 Nge7 7.O-O d5 8.cxd5 exd5
9.d4 cxd4 10.Nxd4 O-O 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.Na4  1/2-1/2

[Event "National Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2007.06.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Wallach,K"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2195"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6 4.a4 Qc7 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.h3 Bh5 7.Bd3 e5 8.Be3 Nbd7
9.g4 Bg6 10.Nh4 d5 11.Nxg6 hxg6 12.g5 dxe4 13.Nxe4 exd4 14.Nxf6+ gxf6 15.Bxd4 O-O-O
16.Kf1 Bc5 17.Bxc5 Nxc5 18.gxf6 Qf4 19.a5 Ne4 20.Qe1 Ng3+ 21.Kg2 Nxh1 22.Qxh1 Rd6
23.Qd1 Rxf6 24.Qg4+ Kc7 25.Qg3 Rh5 26.Ra4 Qe5 27.f4 Qd6 28.Qe3 Re6 29.Qxa7 Qd5+
30.Kh2 Qf3 31.Qb6+ Kc8 32.Rd4 Rxh3+  0-1

[Event "National Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2007.06.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Gulamali,K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[ECO "E13"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 b6 5.Bg5 Bb7 6.Nd2 h6 7.Bh4 Bxc3 8.bxc3 d6
9.f3 Nbd7 10.e4 e5 11.Be2 Qe7 12.Nf1 g5 13.Bf2 O-O-O 14.Ne3 g4 15.Qa4 gxf3
16.gxf3 Kb8 17.O-O-O Nh5 18.Nd5 Qg5+ 19.Be3 Qg2 20.Rde1 f5 21.Ne7 f4 22.Bd2 Qg7
23.Nf5 Qf6 24.Reg1 Nf8 25.Be1 Ng6 26.Bf2 c5 27.Rg2 exd4 28.cxd4 Bc8 29.Bd3 Bxf5
30.exf5 Ne7 31.Be4 cxd4 32.Rd1 d3 33.Rxd3 Qa1+ 34.Kc2 d5 35.Bd4 Qh1 36.Rgd2 Rhe8
37.Be5+ Kb7 38.Rxd5 Nxd5 39.Rxd5  1-0

[Event "National Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2007.06.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Friedel,J"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[ECO "C10"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.c3 c5 8.Ne5 a6
9.Bg5 h6 10.Bh4 Qd5 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.Nc4 Bd7 13.Nb6 Qe4+ 14.Be2 Rd8 15.O-O cxd4
16.Bf3 Qf5 17.cxd4 Bb5 18.Re1 Bb4 19.Re3 O-O 20.Rc1 Qf4 21.d5 f5 22.g3 Qd6
23.Nc4 Bxc4 24.Rxc4 Bc5 25.Rec3 Bb6 26.Rf4 Rc8 27.Rd3 Rfd8 28.Bh5 Qe5 29.Kg2 Rxd5
30.Rxd5 Qxd5+ 31.Qxd5 exd5 32.Rxf5 Rc7 33.Rxd5 Bc5 34.h4 b6 35.b3 a5 36.Be2 Kg7
37.Bc4 Re7 38.a4 Kg6 39.f4 Kg7 40.Kf3 Kg6 41.Kg4 Re3 42.Rd7 h5+ 43.Kh3 Re7
44.Rd5 f5 45.Bd3 Rf7 46.Rd8 Rf8 47.Rd7 Rf6 48.Bc4 Rd6 49.Bf7+ Kh6 50.Re7 Rc6
51.Re8 Rf6 52.Bc4 Rf8 53.Re6+ Kg7 54.Be2 Rh8 55.Bd3 Rf8 56.Bb5 Rh8 57.Re5 Rf8
58.Bd7 Kg6 59.Re6+ Kg7 60.Be8 Rh8 61.Bg6 Rh6 62.Bxf5 Rxe6 63.Bxe6 Bf2 64.Kg2 Be1
65.Bd7 Kf7 66.Bb5 Bb4 67.Kf2 Bc3 68.f5 Kg7 69.Be8 Kh6 70.Kf3 Be5 71.Bf7 Bd6
72.Be8 Be5 73.g4 hxg4+ 74.Kxg4 Bf6 75.h5 Be5 76.Bg6 Bh8 77.Kf4 Bb2 78.Ke4 Kg5
79.Kd5 Bg7 80.Ke6  1-0

[Event "National Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2007.06.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Boekhoff,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2322"]
[ECO "A41"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Bg4 3.c4 Nd7 4.e4 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be2 c5 7.d5 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 Qa5
9.Qc2 Ngf6 10.O-O h6 11.Rb1 O-O-O 12.Rb5 Qa6 13.Be3 Bxf3 14.Bxf3 g5 15.Rfb1 Ne5
16.Be2 b6 17.a4 Kc7 18.a5 Rb8 19.f3 Qc8 20.Qa2 Nfd7 21.Bd1 Qg8 22.Ba4 Qg6
23.Qe2 h5 24.R5b2 h4 25.h3 Rhg8 26.Ra1 Qf6 27.Rba2 Rb7 28.Bb5 Qg6 29.Qc2 f6
30.Qa4 g4 31.hxg4 h3 32.Bxd7 b5 33.cxb5 Kxd7 34.b6+ Kd8 35.Bf4 Nxg4 36.Qc6 Ne3
37.Bxe3 hxg2 38.bxa7  1-0

[Event "National Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2007.06.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Simutowe,A"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2419"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[ECO "B54"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 d6 6.e4 Be7 7.g3 O-O 8.Bg2 a6
9.Qe2 Qc7 10.Be3 Nbd7 11.O-O Ne5 12.b3 Bd7 13.Rac1 Rfc8 14.h3 Qa5 15.f4 Nc6
16.g4 Nxd4 17.Bxd4 Bc6 18.g5 Nd7 19.Nd5 Bf8 20.f5 exd5 21.exd5 Re8 22.Qf2 Ne5
23.dxc6 bxc6 24.Qg3 Qc7 25.Kh1 Kh8 26.Qh4 Kg8 27.Rc3 a5 28.c5 dxc5 29.Bxc5 Bxc5
30.Rxc5 Rad8 31.Rc2 Qb6 32.f6 Rd4 33.Qh5 Qd8 34.fxg7 Re6 35.Rcf2 Rg6 36.Rf5 Qe7
37.Re1 Re6 38.Rf6  0-1

[Event "National Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2007.06.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Sevillano,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[ECO "A70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 a6 7.a4 g6 8.h3 Bg7 9.Nf3 O-O
10.Bd3 Re8 11.O-O Nbd7 12.Re1 Qe7 13.Bg5 h6 14.Be3 g5 15.Qd2 b6 16.Rad1 Nf8
17.h4 g4 18.Nh2 h5 19.Bg5 Ng6 20.Nf1 Qc7 21.Ng3 Re5 22.f4 gxf3 23.gxf3 Bd7
24.f4 Ree8 25.f5 Ne5 26.Be2 Kh7 27.Kh1 Rg8 28.Rg1 Neg4 29.Qf4 Be8 30.Rg2 Qe7
31.Rdg1 Qe5 32.Qxe5 dxe5 33.Nxh5 Nxh5 34.Rxg4 f6 35.Be3 Bf7 36.b3 Nf4 37.Bxf4 exf4
38.Rxf4 Rge8 39.Rf3 Bh6 40.Rd3 Ra7 41.Rf1 Bf8 42.Rd2 Bh6 43.Rd3 Bf8 44.Rg1 Bd6
45.Bf3 Rc7 46.Nd1 c4 47.Rc3 b5 48.axb5 axb5 49.bxc4 Rxc4 50.Rxc4 bxc4 51.Ne3 Rc8
52.Rb1 c3 53.Kg2 Bf4 54.Nc2 Be8 55.Bd1 Be5 56.Kf3 Ba4 57.Ke2 Rc4 58.Ke3 Rc5
59.h5 Kh6 60.Ra1 Bxc2 61.Bxc2 Kxh5 62.Kd3 Rc8 63.Ra6 Kg4 64.Ba4 Kf4 65.d6 c2
66.Bxc2 Rd8  1/2-1/2

[Event "35th World Open"]
[Site "King of Prussia USA"]
[Date "2007.06.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Robson,R"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2293"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[ECO "C08"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 a6 4.Ngf3 c5 5.exd5 exd5 6.Bd3 c4 7.Be2 Nc6 8.b3 b5
9.a4 Bf5 10.axb5 axb5 11.Rxa8 Qxa8 12.bxc4 bxc4 13.O-O Be7 14.Nxc4 dxc4 15.Bxc4 Kf8
16.Bf4 Qc8 17.d5 Na5 18.Bd3 Nf6 19.d6 Bd8 20.Re1 Nc6 21.Bc4 h6 22.h4 Kg8
23.Ng5 hxg5 24.hxg5 Ne4 25.Qd5 Qe6 26.Qxc6 Rh1+ 27.Kxh1 Nxf2+ 28.Kh2 Ng4+
29.Kh3 Qxe1 30.Qa8 Ne5+ 31.Kh2 Qh4+ 32.Kg1 Qxf4 33.Qxd8+ Kh7 34.d7 Qd4+ 35.Kh1 Qxd7
36.g6+ Kxg6 37.Qb6+ f6 38.Be2 Qd2 39.Qf2 Qxc2  0-1

[Event "35th World Open"]
[Site "King of Prussia USA"]
[Date "2007.06.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Martinez,Marce"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2386"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.cxd5 exd5
9.Be2 Nc6 10.O-O a6 11.Bg5 Be6 12.Rc1 Be7 13.Nd4 Rc8 14.Nxc6 Rxc6 15.Bf3 Rc5
16.Ne2 Rxc1 17.Qxc1 h6 18.Bh4 g5 19.Bg3 g4 20.Nd4 gxf3 21.gxf3 Bh3 22.Rd1 Nh7
23.Kh1 Kh8 24.e4 Ng5 25.e5 Qb6 26.Qf4 Qg6 27.Qh4 Kh7 28.Re1 Rc8 29.b3 Bb4
30.Rg1 Qd3 31.e6 fxe6 32.Be5 Bd2 33.Qxh3 Nxh3 34.Rg7+ Kh8 35.Rg6+ Kh7 36.Rg7+ Kh8
37.Rg6+ Kh7 38.Rg7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Campeonato Continental Absolut"]
[Site "Cali COL"]
[Date "2007.07.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Markzon,G"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[ECO "E29"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 c5 6.e3 O-O 7.Bd3 Nc6 8.Ne2 b6
9.e4 Ne8 10.O-O Ba6 11.Ng3 cxd4 12.cxd4 Nxd4 13.e5 Nc6 14.Bb2 Qh4 15.Ne4 Rc8
16.g3 Qe7 17.Nf6+ Nxf6 18.exf6 Qc5 19.Qg4 g6 20.Qf4 Qh5 21.Be2 e5 22.Qd2 Qf5
23.f4 Qxf6 24.fxe5 Qe7 25.Qc3 Nxe5 26.Qxe5 Qxe5 27.Bxe5 Rfe8  0-1

[Event "Campeonato Continental Absolut"]
[Site "Cali COL"]
[Date "2007.07.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Ibarra Chami,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 a6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 c6 6.e3 Bd6 7.Bxd6 Qxd6 8.Bd3 Nf6
9.Qc2 Be6 10.Nge2 Nbd7 11.f4 Ng4 12.Nd1 Qb4+ 13.Nec3 g6 14.h3 Nh6 15.g4 f5
16.Nf2 O-O-O 17.Be2 Kb8 18.O-O-O Qe7 19.Na4 Rc8 20.Kb1 c5 21.Nxc5 Nxc5 22.dxc5 Rxc5
23.Qd2 Rhc8 24.Qd4 Rc2 25.Rhe1 fxg4 26.hxg4 Ka8 27.Rd2 Rxd2 28.Qxd2 Qh4 29.Bf3 Nxg4
30.Nxg4 Bxg4 31.Bxd5 Rd8 32.e4 Be6 33.Rd1 Bxd5 34.exd5 Rd6 35.Qd4 Qf6 36.Qe5 Ka7
37.a3 Qd8 38.Ka2 h5 39.Rd3 h4 40.Qd4+ Qb6 41.Qc4 Qb5 42.Qxb5 axb5 43.Rh3 Rxd5
44.Rxh4 Rd4 45.Rg4 b6 46.b4 Ka6 47.Kb3 g5 48.Rxg5 Rxf4 49.Rg7 Rxb4+ 50.axb4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Campeonato Continental Absolut"]
[Site "Cali COL"]
[Date "2007.07.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Barrientos,S"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2428"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Be3 Qb6 5.a3 Ng4 6.Bc1 e5 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.h3 Ngf6
9.Be3 Qc7 10.Qd2 b5 11.Bd3 Be7 12.O-O O-O 13.Rfe1 Rd8 14.Bg5 h6 15.Bh4 a6
16.Bg3 Bb7 17.b4 Bf8 18.a4 a5 19.axb5 axb4 20.Na4 cxb5 21.Bxb5 Nxe4 22.Qxb4 Nxg3
23.fxg3 Qxc2 24.Rac1 Qg6 25.Rc3 Bxf3 26.Rxf3 e4 27.Rc3 d5 28.Qb3 Nf6 29.Rc6 h5
30.Nc5 Rdb8 31.Na6 Rb7 32.Nc5 Bxc5 33.Rxc5 Rab8 34.Kh2 Qg5 35.Qa4 g6 36.Rf1 Kg7
37.Rf4 Rb6 38.h4 Ng4+ 39.Kg1 Qd8 40.Qa5 Qd6 41.Bf1 Nf6 42.Bb5 R8b7 43.Kh2 Qb8
44.Be2 Ra7 45.Qd2 Rb2 46.Rc2 Raa2  0-1

[Event "Campeonato Continental Absolut"]
[Site "Cali COL"]
[Date "2007.07.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Zambrana,O"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.g4 h6 8.Bd2 Qe7
9.h3 dxc4 10.Bxc4 b5 11.Be2 Bb7 12.e4 e5 13.O-O-O b4 14.Na4 c5 15.d5 Nb6
16.Bb5+ Kf8 17.Be3 Rc8 18.Nd2 Nfd7 19.Kb1 g6 20.Rc1 Kg7 21.Qd3 Rc7 22.Rc2 Nxa4
23.Bxa4 Nb6 24.Bb5 Rhc8 25.h4 Ra8 26.Ba6 c4 27.Bxc4 Nxc4 28.Nxc4 Ba6 29.g5 h5
30.Rhc1 Rac8 31.Qb3 Bb5 32.a4 Bxc4 33.Rxc4 Qd7 34.Rxc7 Rxc7 35.Rxc7 Qxc7
36.Qc2 Qa5 37.b3 a6 38.Qc6 Qc7 39.Qxc7 Bxc7 40.Kc2 Bd8 41.f4 exf4 42.Bxf4 f6
43.gxf6+ Bxf6 44.Bg3 g5 45.e5 Bd8 46.hxg5 Bxg5 47.Kd3  1-0

[Event "Campeonato Continental Absolut"]
[Site "Cali COL"]
[Date "2007.07.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Spraggett,K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "A80"]

1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bg5 d5 4.Bxf6 exf6 5.e3 Be6 6.Qf3 Nc6 7.Bb5 Qd6 8.Nge2 O-O-O
9.a3 Kb8 10.Na4 Ne7 11.Nc5 Bc8 12.g3 h5 13.h4 g6 14.b4 Bh6 15.c3 Ka8 16.a4 a6
17.Bd3 Rhe8 18.Kd2 Ka7 19.a5 c6 20.Nf4 Rh8 21.Kc2 Rdg8 22.Qe2 Re8 23.Rab1 Rh7
24.Rb2 g5 25.Nxh5 Reh8 26.Rhb1 Bf8 27.b5 cxb5 28.Bxb5 axb5 29.Rxb5 Ng8 30.Rb6 Qc7
31.Qb5 Bxc5 32.dxc5 f4 33.a6 Bf5+ 34.Kc1 Bxb1 35.Rxb7+ Qxb7 36.axb7 Rxb7
37.Qa5+ Kb8 38.Qd8+ Ka7 39.c6 Rb5 40.Qd7+ Kb6 41.c7 Ne7 42.Qxe7 Be4 43.exf4 Rb1+
44.Kd2 Ra8 45.c8=N+ Rxc8 46.Qxf6+ Kb5 47.Qg7 Ka6 48.fxg5 Rb2+ 49.Ke3 Rc2
50.Nf6 R8xc3+ 51.Kd4 Rc4+ 52.Ke5 Rxf2 53.Qg8 Rf5+ 54.Kd6 Kb5 55.Qb8+ Ka4
56.Qb2 Rc2 57.Qb6 Rc4 58.g4 Rf3 59.h5 Rb4 60.Qa6+ Kb3 61.h6 Bd3 62.Qa8 Rb6+
63.Ke5 Rf1 64.h7 Re1+ 65.Kf4 Rb4+ 66.Kg3 Re3+ 67.Kf2 Rh3 68.Qxd5+ Ka4 69.Kg2 Rxh7  1-0

[Event "Campeonato Continental Absolut"]
[Site "Cali COL"]
[Date "2007.07.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Granda Zuniga,J"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "E55"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 c5 7.O-O dxc4 8.Bxc4 Nbd7
9.Qb3 Qe7 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.e4 Bd6 12.Bg5 Ne5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Campeonato Continental Absolut"]
[Site "Cali COL"]
[Date "2007.07.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Ivanov,AV USA"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[ECO "E17"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.d5 exd5 8.Nh4 c6
9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Nf5 Nc7 11.e4 d6 12.Bf4 Ne8 13.Nc3 Bc8 14.Nd4 Bg5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Campeonato Continental Absolut"]
[Site "Cali COL"]
[Date "2007.07.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Leon Hoyos,M"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2484"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "C08"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 a6 4.Ngf3 c5 5.exd5 exd5 6.Be2 c4 7.O-O Bd6 8.b3 cxb3
9.axb3 Ne7 10.Ne5 O-O 11.Ndf3 Nbc6 12.Ba3 Bxa3 13.Rxa3 Qd6 14.Ra1 Bf5 15.Nxc6 Nxc6
16.Bd3 Qf6 17.Bxf5 Qxf5 18.Re1 Rfe8 19.Qd2 h6 20.h3 Re4 21.Re2 Rae8 22.Rae1 Rxe2
23.Rxe2 Rxe2 24.Qxe2 Qe4 25.Qd1 Nd8 26.Qd2 Ne6 27.Qb4 b5 28.Qc3 Kh7 29.Qc8 b4
30.Qb7 Nxd4 31.Nxd4 Qxd4 32.Qxf7 Qe4 33.Kh2 Qxc2 34.Qxd5 a5 35.Qxa5 Qxb3
36.Qf5+ Kh8 37.Qf8+ Kh7 38.Qf5+ Kg8 39.Qc8+ Kf7 40.Qf5+ Kg8 41.Qc8+ Kh7 42.Qf5+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Campeonato Continental Absolut"]
[Site "Cali COL"]
[Date "2007.07.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Escobar Forero,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2477"]
[ECO "E81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Bg5 a6 7.Qd2 c6 8.a4 Nbd7 9.a5 c5
10.d5 b6 11.f4 b5 12.Bd3 Rb8 13.Ra2 h6 14.Bh4 bxc4 15.Bxc4 Rb4 16.b3 g5 17.fxg5 hxg5
18.Bxg5 Ne5 19.Nge2 Nfg4 20.O-O Nxc4 21.bxc4 f5 22.h3 Ne5 23.Bh6 Bxh6 24.Qxh6 Rf6
25.Qg5+ Rg6 26.Qc1 fxe4 27.Nf4 Rg7 28.Nxe4 Rxc4 29.Qe3 Qe8 30.Raf2 Kh7 31.Kh1 Qa4
32.Ne6 Rxe4 33.Ng5+ Rxg5 34.Qxg5 Qe8 35.Rf8  1-0

[Event "Campeonato Continental Absolut"]
[Site "Cali COL"]
[Date "2007.07.19"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Vescovi,G"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "E00"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Bb4+ 3.Bd2 Qe7 4.g3 Nf6 5.Bg2 Nc6 6.e3 e5 7.d5 Nb8 8.Nc3 O-O
9.Nge2 d6 10.Qc2 Re8 11.a3 Bxc3 12.Bxc3 c5 13.dxc6 Nxc6 14.b3 Be6 15.Rd1 Red8
16.O-O a5 17.Bb2 d5 18.cxd5 Bxd5 19.Bxd5 Nxd5 20.Nc3 Nxc3 21.Qxc3 Rac8 22.Rxd8+ Rxd8
23.f4 h6 24.fxe5 Qe6 25.Qc2 Nxe5 26.Qc3 Re8 27.Qxa5 Qxb3 28.Bd4 Nc6 29.Qf5 Nxd4
30.exd4 Rd8 31.Rb1 Qe3+ 32.Kg2 g6 33.Qe5 Qd2+ 34.Kh3 Qd3 35.Qf6 Qxb1 36.Qxd8+ Kg7
37.Kg2 Qa2+ 38.Kg1 Qxa3 39.d5 b5 40.d6 Qe3+ 41.Kg2 Qe2+ 42.Kg1 Qe1+ 43.Kg2 Qe2+
44.Kg1 Qe1+ 45.Kg2 Qe2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Campeonato Continental Absolut"]
[Site "Cali COL"]
[Date "2007.07.20"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Cordova,Em"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2492"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "D00"]

1.d4 d5 2.Bg5 c6 3.e3 Qb6 4.b3 h6 5.Bh4 e5 6.Nf3 exd4 7.exd4 Be7 8.Bxe7 Nxe7
9.Bd3 O-O 10.O-O Bg4 11.Nbd2 Nd7 12.Re1 Rfe8 13.c3 Bh5 14.Qc1 Bg6 15.Qa3 Qd8
16.Bxg6 Nxg6 17.Rxe8+ Qxe8 18.Re1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Open"]
[Site "Miami USA"]
[Date "2007.09.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Cardona,Y"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2284"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Be2 Nbd7 6.a4 e5 7.Be3 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.h3 Bh5 10.Nd2 Bg6 11.f4 exf4 12.Rxf4 Re8 13.Bf2 c5 14.dxc5 Nxc5 15.Bb5 Rf8
16.Qe1 Rc8 17.Rd1 a6 18.Bc4 Qd7 19.b3 Ne6 20.Rf3 Bh5 21.g4 Bg6 22.Be3 Qe8
23.Qg3 Nd7 24.h4 h5 25.Rf2 Ne5 26.gxh5 Bxh5 27.Rg2 Nxc4 28.Nxc4 Bxd1 29.Bh6 Kh7
30.Bg5 f6 31.Nxd1 fxg5 32.hxg5 Nxg5 33.Qh4+ Kg8 34.Rxg5 Bxg5 35.Qxg5 Qxe4
36.Nde3 Rc5 37.Qxc5  0-1

[Event "Open"]
[Site "Miami USA"]
[Date "2007.09.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura,H"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "C10"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.Bg5 h6 8.Be3 Nd5
9.Qd2 Bd6 10.O-O-O Qe7 11.Bd3 Bd7 12.Be4 Nf6 13.Bd3 Nd5 14.c4 Nxe3 15.Qxe3 c5
16.Be4 O-O-O 17.Qb3 b6 18.Kb1 f5 19.Bc2 cxd4 20.Nxd4 Bc5 21.Qf3 Kb8 22.Qg3+ Kb7
23.Nf3 Bc6 24.Ne5 Bd6 25.Nxc6 Kxc6 26.Qf3+ Kc7 27.a3 Be5 28.Ba4 Bf6 29.Bb5 Qc5
30.Rhe1 Rxd1+ 31.Rxd1 Rd8 32.Rxd8 Kxd8 33.Qa8+ Qc8 34.Qxa7 Qc7 35.Qa8+ Qc8
36.Qf3 Ke7 37.Qe3 Qc7 38.h3 Qd6 39.Kc2 Bd4 40.Qe2 Qf4 41.f3 h5 42.b4 h4 43.Qd2 Qxd2+
44.Kxd2 Kd6 45.Ba6 Kc7 46.Bb5 e5 47.Be8 e4 48.fxe4 fxe4 49.Bh5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Open"]
[Site "Miami USA"]
[Date "2007.09.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Friedel,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 b5 6.cxb5 Bxb5 7.Bg2 Bb4+ 8.Bd2 a5
9.O-O O-O 10.Nc3 Ba6 11.Re1 d5 12.a3 Be7 13.e4 Nxe4 14.Nxe4 dxe4 15.Rxe4 Bb7
16.Re1 Nd7 17.Qc2 Bd5 18.Be3 c6 19.Nd2 Qb6 20.Nc4 Qb7 21.Qc3 Bxg2 22.Kxg2 c5+
23.Kg1 Bf6 24.Red1 a4 25.Rab1 cxd4 26.Bxd4 Qc6 27.b4 Rac8 28.Rbc1 Qe4 29.Qe3 Qxe3
30.Bxe3 Ne5 31.Nxe5 Bxe5 32.b5 Bb2 33.Rxc8 Rxc8 34.b6 Kf8 35.Rd7 Ke8 36.Ra7 Bxa3
37.b7 Rd8 38.Bf4  1-0

[Event "Open"]
[Site "Miami USA"]
[Date "2007.09.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hernandez Guerrero,G"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "C13"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Nxf6+ Bxf6 8.Bxf6 Nxf6
9.Bd3 O-O 10.O-O b6 11.Re1 Bb7 12.c3 Qd6 13.Qe2 c5 14.dxc5 Qxc5 15.Ne5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Open"]
[Site "Miami USA"]
[Date "2007.09.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Martinez,Marce"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2386"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qc2 c5 6.d5 exd5 7.cxd5 g6 8.Bg2 Bg7
9.O-O O-O 10.Nc3 d6 11.a4 Bb7 12.Rd1 Na6 13.Nd2 Nb4 14.Qb3 Ng4 15.Nc4 Ne5
16.Ne3 f5 17.f4 Nd7 18.Nc4 Nf6 19.Nb5 Ne8 20.Bd2 a6 21.Nba3 a5 22.Bc3 Ba6
23.e4 fxe4 24.Bxe4 Ra7 25.Bg2 Bf6 26.Ne3 Bc8 27.Nac4 Re7 28.Bf3 h5 29.Re1 Ng7
30.Bxf6 Rxf6 31.Nd2 Qe8 32.Qc3 Rff7 33.Ndc4 Qd8 34.Nd2 Qe8 35.Ndc4 Qd8 36.Nd2 Nf5
37.Nxf5 Bxf5 38.Ne4 Nxd5 39.Qb3 Nb4 40.Ng5 Kg7 41.Nxf7 Rxf7 42.Rad1 Nc2 43.Qc3+ Kh7
44.Bd5 Rf8 45.Re2 Nd4 46.Rxd4 cxd4 47.Qxd4 Re8 48.Rxe8 Qxe8 49.Kf2 Qc8 50.Qc4 Qc5+
51.Qxc5 bxc5 52.Ke3 Kg7 53.Kd2 Kf6 54.Kc3 Bh3 55.Bg8 Kg7 56.Bd5 Kf6 57.Bg8 Bf1
58.Bd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Open"]
[Site "Miami USA"]
[Date "2007.09.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5 8.Bg3 b5 9.Be2 Bb7
10.O-O Nbd7 11.Ne5 h5 12.Nxd7 Qxd7 13.Qc1 Rh6 14.Qxg5 b4 15.Na4 Nxe4 16.Qe3 Nxg3
17.hxg3 O-O-O 18.Rfd1 h4 19.Nc5 Qc7 20.g4 Rf6 21.Rac1 Bxc5 22.dxc5 Rxd1+
23.Rxd1 Qf4 24.Qd4 Qxd4 25.Rxd4 Ba6 26.Bxc4 Bxc4 27.Rxc4 a5 28.a3 bxa3 29.bxa3 Kd7
30.Ra4 e5 31.f3 Ke6 32.Kh2 Rf4 33.Rxa5 Rc4 34.Kh3 e4 35.Kxh4 e3 36.Ra8 Ke5
37.Kg5 Rc2 38.Re8+ Kd4 39.Kf4 e2 40.Kg3 Kxc5 41.g5 Kd4 42.f4 c5 43.f5 Ra2
44.f6 Rxa3+ 45.Kf2  1-0

[Event "Open"]
[Site "Miami USA"]
[Date "2007.09.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Izoria,Z"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "C10"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 c5
9.Bb5+ Bd7 10.Bxd7+ Qxd7 11.Qe2 cxd4 12.O-O-O Be7  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.24"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Roiz,M"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "D55"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 e6 3.c4 Nf6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 O-O 6.e3 b6 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Bxe7 Qxe7
9.Nxd5 exd5 10.Rc1 Be6 11.Bd3 Rc8 12.O-O c5 13.e4 Nd7 14.dxc5 Rxc5 15.Rxc5 Qxc5
16.Ng5 d4 17.f4 Nf8 18.Rf2 h6 19.Nxe6 Nxe6 20.g3 Rd8 21.a3 Qe7 22.b4 Rc8
23.e5 Rc3 24.Qf3 g6 25.Rc2 Qc7 26.Qe4 a5 27.h4 Rxc2 28.Bxc2 Qc3 29.Kg2 Kg7
30.bxa5 bxa5 31.Qd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.25"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Roiz,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bg4 5.h3 Bxf3 6.Qxf3 e6 7.Bd3 Bb4+ 8.Nc3 Nbd7
9.O-O O-O 10.Bd2 Qe7 11.a3 Bd6 12.cxd5 exd5 13.Rfe1 Rae8 14.e4 dxe4 15.Nxe4 Nxe4  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.26"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Roiz,M"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "D36"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 c6 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.e3 Nbd7 8.Bd3 Nf8
9.O-O Ng6 10.Qc2 Bg4 11.Kh1 Bxf3 12.gxf3 Ng8 13.Bxe7 N6xe7 14.Rg1 g6 15.Ne2 Qd7
16.Rg2 Nh6 17.Ng3 O-O 18.Rag1 Kh8 19.Qd2 Nhg8 20.Ne2 Nf5 21.Bxf5 Qxf5 22.Nf4 Ne7
23.Qd1 f6 24.Qb1 Qd7 25.Nd3 b6 26.Rc1 Nf5 27.Rg4 Rac8 28.Qc2 a5 29.b3 Rc7
30.a3 Rfc8 31.b4 axb4 32.axb4 Ra8 33.Rgg1 Nh4 34.Qe2 Rca7 35.Rc2 Ra1 36.Ne1 Rb1
37.Ra2 Rxa2 38.Qxa2 Rxe1  0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.26"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Roiz,M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[ECO "D80"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Ne4 5.Bh4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 dxc4 7.e3 Be6 8.Rb1 Nd7
9.Nf3 Nb6 10.a4 a5 11.Be2 Bg7 12.O-O O-O 13.e4 Bd7 14.Qc1 Bxa4 15.Qa3 Qd6
16.Bxe7 Qxa3 17.Bxa3 Rfe8 18.Nd2 Bc2 19.Rb2 Bd3 20.Bxd3 cxd3 21.e5 Reb8 22.f4 Nd5
23.c4 Nc3 24.Kf2 b5 25.cxb5 Rxb5 26.Ke3 Nd5+ 27.Kxd3 Rxb2 28.Bxb2 a4 29.Ba3 Bf8
30.Bxf8 Kxf8 31.g3 Ke7 32.Ra1 h5 33.Ra3 Ke6 34.Ne4 Nb6 35.Nc3 c6 36.h3 Kd7
37.Ke4 Ke6 38.Kd3 Ra7 39.Kc2 Kf5 40.Kd3 h4 41.gxh4 Kxf4 42.Ne4 Kf5 43.Nd6+ Ke6
44.Ne4 Ra8 45.Nc5+ Ke7 46.Kc3 Rh8 47.Kb4 Rxh4 48.Rd3 g5 49.Nxa4 Nxa4 50.Kxa4 c5
51.Kb5 cxd4 52.Kc4 Ke6 53.Rf3 Kxe5 54.Rxf7 Rxh3 55.Re7+ Kf6 56.Rd7 d3 57.Rd5 Kg6
58.Rd8 Kf5 59.Rd5+ Kg4 60.Rd4+ Kh5 61.Rd5 Kh4 62.Kc3 g4 63.Kd2 Rf3  0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.26"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Roiz,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 a6 5.c5 Bf5 6.Bf4 Nbd7 7.e3 g6 8.Be2 Bg7
9.Nd2 O-O 10.g4 Be6 11.b4 Ne8 12.Nb3 f5 13.h3 Nc7 14.a4 fxg4 15.hxg4 Bf7
16.Bg5 Qe8 17.f4 e5 18.fxe5 Nxe5 19.Bf4 Nc4 20.Bxc7 Qe7 21.Bf4 g5 22.Bd6 Nxd6
23.cxd6 Qxd6 24.Nc5 Bg6 25.Rh3 b6 26.Nd3 a5 27.bxa5 Rxa5 28.Ne5 Bxe5 29.dxe5 Qxe5
30.Qd4 Qxd4 31.exd4 b5 32.Bd3 Bxd3 33.Rxd3 Rf4 34.Ra2 bxa4 35.Rxa4 Rxa4 36.Nxa4 Rxg4
37.Nc5 h5 38.Nd7 Kg7 39.Nb8 Rg1+ 40.Kd2 h4 41.Nxc6 g4 42.Ne5 h3 43.Nxg4 Rxg4
44.Rxh3 Rxd4+ 45.Rd3 Rxd3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.26"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Roiz,M"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.O-O Bf5 5.d3 h6 6.c4 dxc4 7.dxc4 Qxd1 8.Rxd1 Nbd7
9.Nc3 e5 10.b3 Bb4 11.Bb2 a5 12.Nd2 O-O-O 13.Nde4 Nxe4 14.Nxe4 Nf6 15.Nxf6 gxf6
16.e4 Be6 17.Bf3 Bd2 18.Kf1 Rd7 19.h4 Rhd8 20.Be2  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2007.11.26"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Roiz,M"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "D33"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.g3 Nf6 7.Bg2 h6 8.O-O Be6
9.b3 a6 10.Bb2 Rc8 11.e3 Be7 12.dxc5 Bxc5 13.Ne2 O-O 14.Nf4 Ne4 15.Rc1 Be7
16.Nd4 Nxd4 17.Rxc8 Qxc8 18.Bxd4 Qc6 19.Qa1 Bf6 20.Bxf6 Nxf6 21.Rc1 Qd7 22.Qc3 Rd8
23.Qc7 Ne4 24.Nxe6 fxe6 25.Bxe4 dxe4 26.Qxd7 Rxd7 27.Rc4 Rd2 28.a4 Rb2 29.Rb4 b5
30.axb5 axb5 31.Rxb5 Kf7 32.h4 g6 33.g4 Ke7 34.Kg2 Kd6 35.Kg3 Kc6 36.Rb8 Kd6
37.Rb6+ Ke5 38.Rb5+ Kf6 39.g5+ hxg5 40.hxg5+ Ke7 41.Rb7+ Kd6 42.Rb8 Ke5 43.Rb5+ Kd6
44.b4 Kc6 45.Re5 Kd6 46.Rb5 Kc6 47.Rc5+ Kd6 48.Rc4 Kd5 49.Rd4+ Ke5 50.Kg2 Kf5
51.Kf1 e5 52.Rc4 Kxg5 53.Rxe4 Kf5 54.Rc4 e4 55.Ke1 Kg4 56.Rxe4+ Kf3 57.Rf4+ Kg2
58.Rg4+ Kf3 59.Rg3+ Ke4 60.Rxg6 Kd3 61.Rd6+ Ke4 62.Kf1 Kf3 63.Rf6+ Ke4 64.Rf4+ Kd3
65.Kg2  1-0

[Event "North American Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2007.12.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Small,G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[ECO "D21"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 a6 4.a4 e6 5.e4 c5 6.Bxc4 cxd4 7.O-O Nc6 8.e5 Nge7
9.Nbd2 Ng6 10.Re1 Bb4 11.Re4 Qc7 12.Qe2 Bd7 13.h4 h5 14.Nb3 Rc8 15.Bd3 Nge7
16.Nbxd4 Nxd4 17.Nxd4 Bc5 18.Bg5 Nc6 19.Nb3 Bb6 20.Rc1 Qb8 21.Rec4 Ne7 22.Rxc8+ Nxc8
23.a5 Ba7 24.Qe4 Ne7 25.Bxe7 Kxe7 26.Qb4+ Ke8 27.Nc5 Bc6 28.Be4 Qxe5 29.Bxc6+ bxc6
30.Ne4 Qd4 31.Qb7 Qxe4 32.Qxa7 Rh6 33.Rd1 f6 34.Qc7  1-0

[Event "North American Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2007.12.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Beelby,M"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "D34"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.d4 Nf6 4.g3 c5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg2 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.Nc3 O-O
9.Bg5 c4 10.Ne5 Be6 11.b3 Qa5 12.Nxc6 bxc6 13.Qc2 Rac8 14.Na4 h6 15.Bd2 Qa6
16.bxc4 dxc4 17.e4 Rfd8 18.Bc3 Nd7 19.Rae1 Nb6 20.Nxb6 axb6 21.f4 f6 22.e5 f5
23.g4 g6 24.gxf5 gxf5 25.Rd1 b5 26.Kh1 Kh7 27.Rg1 Rg8 28.d5 cxd5 29.Bh3 d4
30.Bxd4 Bd5+ 31.Bg2 Rxg2 32.Rxg2 Be4 33.Rg1 Bxc2 34.Rg7+ Kh8 35.e6 Be4+ 36.R1g2 Bxg2+
37.Rxg2+ Kh7 38.Rg7+ Kh8 39.Rg6+ Kh7 40.Rg7+ Kh8 41.Rg6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "North American Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2007.12.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Becerra Rivero,J"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "C14"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7 7.f4 a6 8.Nf3 c5
9.dxc5 Nc6 10.Qd2 Qxc5 11.Bd3 b5 12.a3 O-O 13.Qf2 h6 14.Qxc5 Nxc5 15.b4 Nd7
16.Kd2 f6 17.exf6 gxf6 18.f5 d4 19.Ne2 e5 20.Ng3 Nb6 21.Nh4 Ne7 22.Rhf1 Nc4+
23.Bxc4+ bxc4 24.Ne4 c3+ 25.Ke2 Bb7 26.Nc5 Bc6 27.a4 Rfb8 28.Ng6 Nxg6 29.fxg6 Kg7
30.Rf5 Rb6 31.g4 Be8 32.a5 Rc6  0-1

[Event "North American Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2007.12.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Mitkov,N1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.e4 d5 6.e5 Ne4 7.Bd3 c5 8.cxd5 exd5
9.Ne2 cxd4 10.Nxd4 Qc7 11.O-O Bxc3 12.bxc3 Qxe5 13.Re1 Qh5 14.Ba3 Re8 15.c4 Bd7
16.cxd5 Nf6 17.Rxe8+ Nxe8 18.Nf5 Na6 19.Re1 Nac7 20.Qc5  1-0

[Event "North American Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2007.12.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[ECO "E19"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3 Ne4 8.Qc2 Nxc3
9.Qxc3 Be4 10.Ne5 Bxg2 11.Kxg2 c6 12.Bf4 d6 13.Nf3 Nd7 14.e4 Rc8 15.Rad1 d5
16.Rfe1 a5 17.Qd3 Nf6 18.cxd5 cxd5 19.e5 Nd7 20.Rc1 h6 21.Qb5 Rc7 22.h4 Qb8
23.Rxc7 Qxc7 24.Rc1 Qb7 25.Qc6 Rb8 26.Qxb7 Rxb7 27.Rc8+ Kh7 28.h5 Nb8 29.Bd2 Na6
30.a3 Nc7 31.Kf1 Nb5 32.Ke2 Na7 33.Ra8 Nc6 34.Rc8 Na7 35.Re8 Nc6 36.Rc8  1/2-1/2

[Event "North American Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2007.12.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Pruess,D"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2417"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "A61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.Nd2 a6 8.a4 Nbd7
9.Nc4 Nb6 10.Na3 Qe7 11.g3 Bg7 12.Bg2 O-O 13.O-O Rb8 14.h3 Na8 15.Nc4 Rd8
16.e4 Nd7 17.f4 Ndb6 18.Ne3 Nc7 19.a5 Nd7 20.e5 b5 21.Ne4 Ne8 22.e6 fxe6
23.dxe6 Ndf6 24.f5 d5 25.Ng5 d4 26.Nf7 Bxe6 27.Nxd8 Rxd8 28.fxe6 dxe3 29.Qf3 Nc7
30.Bxe3 Nxe6 31.Rae1 Qd6 32.Kh2 Nd4 33.Qb7 Qd7 34.Bg5 Qxb7 35.Bxb7 Rd6 36.Bf4 Rd7
37.Bc8 Rd8 38.Bxa6 Ra8 39.Bb7 Rxa5 40.Be5 Ra7 41.Bg2 Ra6 42.Kh1 Nc2 43.Re2 Nb4
44.Rd2 h5 45.Bc3 Kh7 46.Rd8 Nc2 47.Ra8 Rd6 48.Ra7 Kh6 49.Rc7 Ne3 50.Be5 Re6
51.Bf4+ g5 52.Bxe3 Rxe3 53.Rxc5 b4 54.Rf3 Re1+ 55.Kh2 g4 56.Rf2 Re3 57.h4 Kg6
58.Rb5 b3 59.Rb6 Kf7 60.Rxb3 Re5 61.Rb7+ Kg6 62.Rb6 Kf7 63.b4 Ke7 64.Rb7+ Kf8
65.b5  1-0

[Event "6th Gibtelecom Masters"]
[Site "Gibraltar ENG"]
[Date "2008.01.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Jakobsen,O"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2372"]
[ECO "E91"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 g6 4.Nc3 Bf5 5.Nh4 Bd7 6.e4 Bg7 7.Nf3 O-O 8.Be2 c5
9.d5 e6 10.O-O exd5 11.exd5 Bg4 12.Bf4 a6 13.h3 Bxf3 14.Bxf3 Qc7 15.Qd2 Nbd7
16.Rfe1 Rfe8 17.g4 Rxe1+ 18.Rxe1 Ne8 19.Kg2 Ne5 20.Be2 Qa5 21.Qc2 b5 22.cxb5 axb5
23.Bxb5 Nc7 24.a4 Nxd5 25.Bd2 Nb4 26.Qe4 Qd8 27.Nd5 Nxd5 28.Qxd5 Ra7 29.f4 Nd7
30.Qxd6 Bf8 31.Qd5 Bg7 32.Bc3 Bxc3 33.bxc3 Qc8 34.Re7  1-0

[Event "6th Gibtelecom Masters"]
[Site "Gibraltar ENG"]
[Date "2008.01.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dimitrov,Pa"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[ECO "C10"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.Bd3 c5 8.dxc5 Bxc5
9.O-O O-O 10.Qe2 b6 11.Rd1 Qe7 12.Bg5 Bb7 13.Ne5 h6 14.Bh4 g5 15.Bg3 Rad8
16.c3 Ba8 17.Bb5 Bd6 18.Rd4 Nd5 19.Rad1 Bxe5 20.Bxe5 f6 21.Bg3 e5 22.Bc4 Qf7
23.R4d2 Kg7 24.h3 Rd7 25.Bb3 Bc6 26.Qc4 Rc8  0-1

[Event "6th Gibtelecom Masters"]
[Site "Gibraltar ENG"]
[Date "2008.01.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Wippermann,T"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.O-O Rb8 7.e3 Be7 8.Qe2 b5
9.Rd1 Bb7 10.e4 O-O 11.Nc3 Nb4 12.Ne5 a6 13.a3 Nc6 14.Nxc6 Bxc6 15.d5 exd5
16.e5 Ne8 17.Bxd5 Bxd5 18.Nxd5 c6 19.Nf6+ Bxf6 20.Rxd8 Bxd8 21.e6 Be7 22.Bf4 Rd8
23.Qe4 Rd5 24.exf7+ Rxf7 25.Qe6 Nd6 26.Qd7 Rd3 27.Qxc6 Nf5 28.Qxa6 Nd4 29.Kg2 Bf6
30.Re1 Rf8 31.a4 Rb3 32.Qb7 bxa4 33.Qd5+ Kh8 34.Qf7  1-0

[Event "6th Gibtelecom Masters"]
[Site "Gibraltar ENG"]
[Date "2008.01.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Stefanova,A"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2464"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Bf4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.e3 a6 7.Bd3 Bg4 8.Nge2 e6
9.Rc1 Bd6 10.f3 Bh5 11.O-O Bg6 12.Na4 O-O 13.Nc5 Bxf4 14.Nxf4 Qb6 15.Bxg6 hxg6
16.Nfd3 Rfc8 17.Rc3 Qa7 18.Qc2 Ne7 19.Ne5 b6 20.Ncd3 Rxc3 21.Qxc3 Rc8 22.Qd2 Ne8
23.Rc1 Rc7 24.a4 f6 25.Ng4 Nd6 26.b3 a5 27.Ngf2 Rxc1+ 28.Qxc1 Qb7 29.Nd1 g5
30.Nc3 Kf7 31.Ne2 Nef5 32.Kf2 Ke8 33.Ng3 Ne7 34.Qc2 Qc6 35.Qxc6+ Nxc6 36.Ke1 e5
37.dxe5 fxe5 38.Kd2 Kf7 39.Ne2 Ke6 40.Nc3 d4 41.Ne4 Nxe4+ 42.fxe4 g4 43.Nb2 Kd6
44.exd4 exd4 45.Nc4+ Kc5 46.Kd3 Nb4+ 47.Kd2 Nc6 48.Kd3 g6 49.e5 Kd5 50.Nxb6+ Kxe5
51.Nd7+ Ke6 52.Nb6 Ke5 53.Nd7+ Ke6 54.Nb6 Kf5 55.Nc4 Kf6 56.Nxa5 Nxa5 57.b4 Nc6
58.b5 Ne5+ 59.Kxd4 Nd7 60.a5 Ke6 61.a6 Kd6 62.a7 Nb6 63.Ke4 g3 64.h4 Kc7
65.Kf4 Kb7 66.Kxg3 Nd5 67.b6 Nxb6 68.Kf4 Nd5+ 69.Kg5 Ne3 70.g3 Nf1 71.g4 Nh2
72.h5 gxh5 73.gxh5 Nf3+ 74.Kf6 Nh2 75.Kf5 Nf3 76.h6 Nd4+ 77.Kf6  1-0

[Event "6th Gibtelecom Masters"]
[Site "Gibraltar ENG"]
[Date "2008.01.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Greet,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2444"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 a6 4.Nc3 d5 5.d4 dxc4 6.Bg2 b5 7.a4 b4 8.Ne5 Ra7 9.Ne4 Nxe4
10.Bxe4 Bb7 11.Bxb7 Rxb7 12.O-O Qd5 13.Bf4 Nc6 14.e4 Qxe4 15.Re1 Qd5 16.Nxc6 Qxc6
17.d5 Qd7 18.Qd4 c6 19.d6 f6 20.Qxc4 e5 21.Rad1 Bxd6 22.Be3 Qc7 23.Qe6+ Be7
24.Bc5 Kf8 25.Bxe7+  1-0

[Event "6th Gibtelecom Masters"]
[Site "Gibraltar ENG"]
[Date "2008.01.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bu Xiangzhi"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[ECO "D62"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Qc2 Nbd7 7.e3 c5 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.Nxd5 exd5 11.Bd3 h6 12.dxc5 Nxc5 13.Rc1 Nxd3+ 14.Qxd3 Bg4
15.Nd4 Qg5 16.Qd2 Rac8 17.O-O Qg6 18.Kh1 Qa6 19.b3 Bd7 20.a4 Qd6 21.a5 b6
22.axb6 axb6 23.Rxc8 Rxc8 24.Ra1 Qf6 25.Qe2 Qg6 26.Qf3 Qd6 27.Qg3 Qa3 28.Rg1 Qb2
29.h3 Kh7 30.Qd6 Be8 31.Qf4 Kh8 32.Qf5 Rd8 33.Rb1 Qa3 34.Qe5 Rc8 35.Nf5 f6
36.Qe6 Rb8 37.Rd1 Bg6 38.Nd4 Qb2 39.Kg1 Ra8 40.Qe7 Bc2 41.Qb7 Rg8 42.Rf1 Bd3
43.Re1 b5 44.Qxd5 Qc3 45.Rd1 b4 46.h4 Rc8 47.Qd7 Rg8 48.h5 Bh7 49.Qe7 Bd3
50.Kh2 Bh7 51.f3 Rc8 52.e4 Qc5 53.Qxc5 Rxc5 54.Ra1 Rxh5+ 55.Kg3 Bg8 56.Ra4 Rh1
57.Rxb4 Rd1 58.Nf5 Be6 59.Kf4 h5 60.Rb5 h4 61.Ne7 g5+ 62.Ke3 Rb1 63.b4 Rb2
64.Rb6 Bd7 65.Rb7 Be6 66.Nd5 Rxg2 67.Nxf6 Bg8 68.e5  1-0

[Event "6th Gibtelecom Masters"]
[Site "Gibraltar ENG"]
[Date "2008.01.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Shen Yang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2429"]
[ECO "D16"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 e6 6.g3 c5 7.Bg5 cxd4 8.Qxd4 Qxd4
9.Nxd4 Na6 10.Bg2 h6 11.Bf4 Bb4 12.O-O Ke7 13.Ndb5 g5 14.Be5 Rd8 15.Rfd1 Rxd1+
16.Rxd1 Ne8 17.Bd4 Bc5 18.e3 f6 19.f4 Rb8 20.Nxa7 Bd7 21.Nab5 gxf4 22.gxf4 Bc6
23.Bf1 Ng7 24.Bxc4 Nf5 25.Kf2 Rg8 26.Bf1 Nxd4 27.Nxd4 Nb4 28.Nxc6+ bxc6 29.Ne4 Bb6
30.Rd7+ Kxd7 31.Nxf6+ Kd6 32.Nxg8 Nd5 33.Kf3 Bxe3 34.Bc4 Bd4 35.Bxd5 exd5
36.Nxh6 Bxb2 37.Nf7+ Ke6 38.Ne5 c5 39.a5 Kd6 40.h4  1-0

[Event "6th Gibtelecom Masters"]
[Site "Gibraltar ENG"]
[Date "2008.01.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Cmilyte,V"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[ECO "E63"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nc3 d6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.O-O a6 8.h3 Bf5
9.d5 Na5 10.Nd4 Bd7 11.b3 c5 12.dxc6 bxc6 13.e4 Qc8 14.Kh2 Ne8 15.Be3 f5
16.exf5 gxf5 17.b4 Nb7 18.b5 axb5 19.cxb5 cxb5 20.Nd5 Qd8 21.Bg5 Nf6 22.Nxf6+ exf6
23.Bf4 Ra7 24.Nxb5 Bxb5 25.Qd5+ Kh8 26.Qxb5 Nc5 27.Rfd1 Ra6 28.a4 Qc7 29.Rd5 Ra5
30.Bxd6  1-0

[Event "6th Gibtelecom Masters"]
[Site "Gibraltar ENG"]
[Date "2008.01.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Bradford,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2419"]
[ECO "E06"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.Qc2 b6
9.Bf4 Ba6 10.Nbd2 Nbd7 11.Rac1 Rc8 12.Rfd1 Qe8 13.e4 dxc4 14.Nxc4 Bxc4 15.Qxc4 Nxe4
16.Ne5 Nxe5 17.dxe5 Nc5 18.b4 b5 19.Qc2 Na6 20.a3 Nb8 21.Be4 h6 22.Qe2 Kh8
23.Be3 Rc7 24.Rc3 f5 25.exf6 Bxf6 26.Rcd3 Nd7 27.Bxc6 Rxc6 28.Rxd7 a6 29.Bxh6 Rc3
30.Bxg7+ Bxg7 31.Rxg7  1-0

[Event "6th Gibtelecom Masters"]
[Site "Gibraltar ENG"]
[Date "2008.01.31"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bellin,R"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[ECO "A06"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.b3 Bg4 3.Bb2 Bxf3 4.exf3 Nf6 5.f4 g6 6.g3 Bg7 7.Bg2 O-O 8.O-O e6
9.d3 Ne8 10.d4 Nd6 11.c3 Nd7 12.Nd2 c5 13.Nf3 cxd4 14.cxd4 Qa5 15.Ne5 Nf6
16.Qe1 Qa6 17.f3 Rfc8 18.Rf2 Qb6 19.Bf1 Nf5 20.Rd1 Bf8 21.g4 Bb4 22.Qe2 Ne7
23.Qe3 Rc7 24.a3 Bd6 25.Bd3 Qxb3 26.Re1 Rf8 27.f5 exf5 28.gxf5 Nxf5 29.Qg5 Be7
30.Rg2 Ng7 31.Qh6 Nd7 32.Nxg6 hxg6 33.Rxe7 Qxd3  0-1

[Event "Doeberl Cup"]
[Site "Canberra AUS"]
[Date "2008.03.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Illingworth,M"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2152"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[ECO "E44"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Ne2 Bb7 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.Nxc3 O-O 8.Bd3 d5
9.O-O Nbd7 10.cxd5 exd5 11.b4 Ne4 12.Qc2 Re8 13.f3 Nxc3 14.Bxh7+ Kf8 15.Bd3 Ne4
16.fxe4 dxe4 17.Bc4 Nf6 18.Bd2 Bd5 19.Be2 Qd7 20.Rf4 Re6 21.Raf1 Kg8 22.g4 Rc6
23.Qd1 Nh7 24.h4 Rf6 25.g5 Rxf4 26.Rxf4 Nf8 27.Qe1 Ng6 28.Rg4 Be6 29.Rg2 Bh3
30.Rh2 Bg4 31.h5 Bxe2 32.Qxe2 Nf8 33.Be1 Rd8 34.Rh4 Ne6 35.Qg2 Qd5 36.Rxe4 Qxg5
37.Re5 Qxg2+ 38.Kxg2 c6 39.Kf3 a6 40.Ke4 Nc7 41.Bd2 Rd7 42.a4 f6 43.Rf5 Kf7
44.Kd3 Rd5 45.e4 Rxf5 46.exf5 Nd5 47.Ke4 Ke7 48.Be1 Kd7 49.Bh4 Ke7 50.Be1 Ke8
51.Bd2 Kd7 52.Be1 Ke7 53.Bd2 Kd6 54.Be1 Kd7 55.Bd2 b5 56.a5 Ke7 57.Kf3 Ke8
58.Ke4 Kd7 59.Kf3 Ne7 60.Ke4 Nd5 61.Kf3 Ke8 62.Ke4 Kf7 63.Kf3 Kg8 64.Ke4 Kh7
65.Kf3 Ne7 66.Ke4 Nd5 67.Kf3 Kg8 68.Ke4 Kf7 69.Be1 Ke7 70.Bd2 Kd8 71.Be1 Kc7
72.Bg3+ Kd7 73.Be1 Ne7 74.Bg3 Nd5 75.Be1 Ne7 76.Bg3 Nd5 77.Be1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Doeberl Cup"]
[Site "Canberra AUS"]
[Date "2008.03.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Hoffmann,Ac"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2165"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 c6 7.h3 Qa5 8.Nd2 Bb4
9.Qc2 Ne4 10.Ndxe4 dxe4 11.Be2 Nd7 12.O-O f5 13.c5 Nf6 14.Bd6 Rf7 15.a3 Bxc3
16.bxc3 b6 17.Qb3 Nd5 18.Rfc1 Rb7 19.Qc2 b5 20.Qd2 Bd7 21.f3 Nf6 22.Rcb1 Nd5
23.Rc1 exf3 24.Bxf3 Qd8 25.Rab1 a6 26.c4 Nf6 27.a4 Rba7 28.axb5 axb5 29.cxb5 cxb5
30.c6 Bc8 31.Be5 Ra2 32.Rb2 Qa5 33.Rxa2 Qxa2 34.Qe1 Nd5 35.Qh4 Qa3 36.Rb1 Qxe3+
37.Kh2 Nf6 38.Bxf6 gxf6 39.Qxf6 Ra2 40.Qd8+ Kg7 41.Qc7+ Kf6 42.Rf1 Qd3 43.Qd8+ Kf7
44.Bh5+ Kg7 45.Qg5+  1-0

[Event "Doeberl Cup"]
[Site "Canberra AUS"]
[Date "2008.03.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sales,J"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2299"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[ECO "A17"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.g4 O-O 5.g5 Ne8 6.Qc2 b6 7.a3 Bxc3 8.Qxc3 Bb7
9.Rg1 c5 10.Rg3 d5 11.cxd5 exd5 12.d4 Nd6 13.Qc2 Ne4 14.Rg1 Nc6 15.Be3 Qe7
16.Bh3 Rfe8 17.Bg4 Bc8 18.Rd1 Bxg4 19.Rxg4 Qe6 20.Rh4 g6 21.Kf1 Rac8 22.dxc5 bxc5
23.Qb3 Rcd8 24.Kg2 a5 25.Nd2 Nd6 26.Bxc5 Nf5 27.Rf4 Qxe2 28.Qf3 Qb5 29.b4 Ne5
30.Qb3 Nd3 31.Rxf5 gxf5 32.Bd4 a4 33.Qb1 Nf4+  0-1

[Event "Doeberl Cup"]
[Site "Canberra AUS"]
[Date "2008.03.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Smerdon,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2459"]
[ECO "A65"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.h3 Bg7 8.Bd3 a5 9.a4 Nbd7
10.Nf3 Nh5 11.Be2 O-O 12.O-O Re8 13.Bg5 Bf6 14.Bh6 Bxc3 15.bxc3 Rxe4 16.Nd2 Rh4
17.f4 Qe7 18.Qe1 Ng3 19.Qxg3 Rxh6 20.Rae1 Nf6 21.Ba6 Qc7 22.Bb5 Bf5 23.Qf3 Qc8
24.Re3 Bc2 25.g4 Rh4 26.Qg3 c4 27.Qxh4 Qc5 28.Qf2 Nxd5 29.Rf3  1-0

[Event "Doeberl Cup"]
[Site "Canberra AUS"]
[Date "2008.03.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Johansen,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 b6 5.a3 Bxd2+ 6.Bxd2 Bb7 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 d6
9.e3 Nbd7 10.Nd2 c5 11.Be2 Qe7 12.O-O O-O 13.b4 Rfe8 14.Qb3 cxd4 15.exd4 e5
16.dxe5 dxe5 17.Rfe1 Qe6 18.Rac1 Ne4 19.Nxe4 Bxe4 20.Red1 g5 21.Bg3 f5 22.f3 Bc6
23.Qc2 Nf6 24.c5 Bd5 25.c6 Kf8 26.Qc3 f4 27.Bf2 g4 28.Bh4 gxf3 29.Bxf3 Bxf3
30.Qxf3 Qf5 31.Bxf6 Qxf6 32.c7 e4 33.Qg4 Rac8 34.Rd5 Qg7 35.Qxf4+ Kg8 36.Qf5 Qb2
37.Rf1  1-0

[Event "Doeberl Cup"]
[Site "Canberra AUS"]
[Date "2008.03.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Zhang Zhong"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[ECO "E38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 Bxc5 6.Nf3 Qb6 7.e3 Qc7 8.Be2 O-O
9.O-O b6 10.Rd1 Bb7 11.Nb5 Qc6 12.Nbd4 Qc7 13.Nb5 Qc6 14.Nbd4 Qc7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Doeberl Cup"]
[Site "Canberra AUS"]
[Date "2008.03.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Antic,De"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.c5 Nbd7 6.Bf4 Nh5 7.Bd2 Nhf6 8.Bf4 Nh5
9.Bd2 Nhf6 10.Bf4 Nh5 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bd2 Nhf6 13.Bf4 Nh5 14.Bd2 Nhf6 15.Bf4 Nh5
16.Be5 Nxe5 17.Nxe5 Nf6 18.e3 Bf5 19.Bd3 Bxd3 20.Qxd3 e6 21.O-O Be7 22.Na4 Qb8
23.Nb6 Ra7 24.b4 Bd8 25.a4 Bc7 26.f4 Bxb6 27.cxb6 Ra8 28.b5 cxb5 29.axb5 a5
30.Rfc1 Qd6 31.Rc7 O-O 32.Rxb7 Rab8 33.Rxb8 Rxb8 34.Rxa5 Qxb6 35.Nc6 Ne4
36.Qc2 Rb7 37.h3 g6 38.Qa4 Kg7 39.Qa3 Rd7 40.Ra8 Rd6 41.Rb8 Qc7 42.Qa8 h5
43.Rb7 Rxc6 44.bxc6  1-0

[Event "Internatonal Open"]
[Site "Sydney AUS"]
[Date "2008.03.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Fuatai,F"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2087"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6 4.a4 Qc7 5.Bc4 e5 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.b3 Bb4
9.Bd2 Nbd7 10.Qe2 O-O 11.O-O Nc5 12.Bd3 a5 13.Nb1 Rad8 14.Bxb4 axb4 15.Qe3 Nxd3
16.cxd3 Qd6 17.Ne1 Nh5 18.Nd2 Nf4 19.Nc4 Qe7 20.f3 Be6 21.g3 Bxc4 22.dxc4 Ne6
23.Nc2 Nd4 24.Nxd4 Rxd4 25.Rad1 Rfd8 26.Rxd4 Rxd4 27.f4 h6 28.f5 Qd6 29.Rf3 Rd1+
30.Kg2 Rd2+ 31.Kh3 f6 32.Qb6 Qe7 33.a5 Qf7 34.g4 h5 35.Qxb4 hxg4+ 36.Kxg4 Qd7
37.Qc3 Rd4 38.Qe1 c5 39.h4 Kh7 40.h5 Rd2 41.Rf2 Rd1 42.Qe2 Qd4 43.Rg2 Rh1
44.Rg3 Qa1 45.Qd2 Qb1 46.Qd3 Qe1 47.Rh3 Rg1+ 48.Rg3 Rxg3+ 49.Qxg3 Qxe4+ 50.Kh3 Qxf5+
51.Qg4 Qxg4+ 52.Kxg4 Kg8 53.b4 cxb4 54.c5 b3 55.c6 bxc6 56.a6 b2 57.a7 b1=Q
58.a8=Q+ Kh7 59.Qxc6 Qd1+ 60.Kh4 Qd4+ 61.Kh3 Qe3+  0-1

[Event "Internatonal Open"]
[Site "Sydney AUS"]
[Date "2008.03.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Zhang Zhong"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 d6 7.Bg5 Nbd7 8.f3 b6
9.e4 c5 10.Nh3 h6 11.Be3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Internatonal Open"]
[Site "Sydney AUS"]
[Date "2008.03.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Ayvazyan,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2245"]
[ECO "E61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 O-O 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 c5 7.d5 d6 8.e3 g5 9.Bg3 Nh5
10.Bd3 Nd7 11.Nxg5 Nxg3 12.hxg3 Ne5 13.Nf3 Nxd3+ 14.Qxd3 e5 15.dxe6 Bxe6
16.O-O Qe7 17.Rad1 Rad8 18.Nd5 Bxd5 19.Qxd5 Bxb2 20.Rb1 Qf6 21.Qxb7 Rb8 22.Qd5 Rb4
23.Rfd1 Rfb8 24.Nd2 Qe5 25.Qd3 Ra4 26.Ne4 Rb6 27.Nxd6 Rxa2 28.Nb5 Kg7 29.Qb3 Ra1
30.Rxa1 Bxa1 31.Qa3 a6 32.Qa5 Rf6 33.Qxa1 Qxa1 34.Rxa1 axb5 35.cxb5 Rb6 36.Rb1 Kf6
37.Kf1 Ke5 38.Ke2 Kd5 39.Kd3 c4+ 40.Kc3 Kc5  1-0

[Event "Internatonal Open"]
[Site "Sydney AUS"]
[Date "2008.03.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Wang Puchen"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2383"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[ECO "E55"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.e3 c5 6.Bd3 O-O 7.O-O dxc4 8.Bxc4 Nbd7
9.a3 Bxc3 10.bxc3 b6 11.Qe2 Bb7 12.Bd3 Ne4 13.Bb2 f5 14.c4 Qe8 15.Rad1 Rd8
16.d5 Ndf6 17.dxe6 Qxe6 18.Ne5 Ng4 19.Bxe4 Bxe4 20.f4 Nxe5 21.Bxe5 h5 22.h3 Bb7
23.Kh2 Ba6 24.Rc1 Rd7 25.e4 fxe4 26.Qxe4 Rd4 27.Qe3 Rxc4 28.Qg3 Qe7 29.Rcd1 Qf7
30.Rd6 Re4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Internatonal Open"]
[Site "Sydney AUS"]
[Date "2008.03.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Zozulia,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2344"]
[ECO "A53"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nf3 d6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e4 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.Be3 Re8
9.d5 Ne7 10.dxe6 Bxe6 11.Nd4 Bd7 12.Qd2 Nc6 13.f3 a6 14.Rad1 Nxd4 15.Bxd4 Qe7
16.b3 Be6 17.Qb2 c5 18.Be3 b5 19.cxb5 axb5 20.Bxb5 Reb8 21.a4 Ne8 22.Qc2 Nc7
23.Bc4 Bxc4 24.bxc4 Bxc3 25.Qxc3 Rxa4 26.Bf4 Rd8 27.Ra1 Rxa1 28.Rxa1 Ne6
29.Be3 Rb8 30.h3 Qb7 31.Bh6 Nd4 32.Kh2 Qe7 33.Kh1 Qe5 34.Qb2 d5 35.Qc3 dxe4
36.fxe4 Qxe4 37.Re1 Rb1 38.Rxb1 Qxb1+ 39.Kh2 Qe4 40.Qg3 Qe8 41.Qc7 Nf5 42.Bg5 Nd4
43.Qf4 Qe7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Internatonal Open"]
[Site "Sydney AUS"]
[Date "2008.03.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "De Ramos,Jo"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2256"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[ECO "D40"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c5 5.d4 a6 6.a3 Nc6 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.b4 Bd6
9.Bb2 a5 10.b5 Ne5 11.Nd2 O-O 12.Be2 Qe7 13.O-O Rd8 14.Qb3 b6 15.Na4 Ned7
16.cxd5 Nxd5 17.Nc4 Nc5 18.Qc2 Nxa4 19.Qxa4 Bc5 20.Ne5 Bb7 21.Bf3 Rac8 22.Rfd1 Bd6
23.Nc6 Bxc6 24.bxc6 Qc7 25.g3 Qxc6 26.Qxc6 Rxc6 27.Bxd5 exd5 28.Rxd5 f6 29.Rad1 Kf7
30.e4 Ke8 31.e5 Be7 32.exf6 Rxd5 33.Rxd5 Bxf6 34.Bxf6 Rxf6 35.a4 Ke7 36.Kg2 Rd6
37.Rb5 Kd7 38.h4 Kc6 39.Rg5 g6 40.Kf3 Rd5 41.Ke4 Rc5 42.Rxc5+ Kxc5 43.g4 b5
44.axb5 a4 45.Kd3 Kxb5 46.h5 g5 47.f4 a3 48.Kc2 a2  0-1

[Event "Internatonal Open"]
[Site "Sydney AUS"]
[Date "2008.03.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Gagunashvili,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Bg5 Bb7 8.e3 d5
9.f3 Nbd7 10.Bd3 c5 11.Ne2 Rc8 12.O-O  1/2-1/2

[Event "Internatonal Open"]
[Site "Sydney AUS"]
[Date "2008.03.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Samar,R"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2254"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[ECO "A58"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 g6 6.Nc3 Bxa6 7.Nf3 d6 8.g3 Bg7
9.Bg2 O-O 10.O-O Nbd7 11.Re1 Ng4 12.Qc2 Qb6 13.h3 Nge5 14.Bg5 h6 15.Nxe5 Nxe5
16.Bf4 Qa5 17.Qc1 Kh7 18.Bxe5 Bxe5 19.f4 Bg7 20.Qd2 Rfb8 21.Rec1 Rb4 22.Bf1 Rab8
23.Nd1 Qb6 24.Rc2 Rd4 25.Qe1 Rxd5 26.e3 c4 27.Rb1 Rc5 28.Qd2 Bb7 29.Bg2 Bxg2
30.Qxg2 Qa5 31.a3 Rb3 32.Rbc1 d5 33.Qe2 Rcb5 34.Kh2 Qb6 35.Nc3 Bxc3 36.bxc3 Rxa3
37.h4 Rb1 38.Qd2 e6 39.g4 Rxc1 40.Qxc1 Qb3 41.Kg3 Ra2 42.Rxa2 Qxa2 43.g5 Qe2
44.Kh3 h5 45.Kg3 Qg4+ 46.Kf2 Qxh4+ 47.Kg2 Qg4+ 48.Kf2 h4 49.Qh1  0-1

[Event "Frank K Berry ch-USA"]
[Site "Tulsa USA"]
[Date "2008.05.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Ippolito,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.a3 Nc6
9.Qc2 Be7 10.O-O-O Qa5 11.Nd2 Qb6 12.g4 d4 13.Na4 Qa5 14.g5 Ng4 15.Ne4 e5
16.Bg3 dxe3 17.Rd5 Qe1+ 18.Rd1 Qa5 19.Rd5 Qe1+ 20.Rd1 Qa5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Frank K Berry ch-USA"]
[Site "Tulsa USA"]
[Date "2008.05.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kraai,J"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[ECO "E06"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.d4 c5 5.Bg2 Nc6 6.O-O Be7 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.a3 O-O
9.b4 Be7 10.Bb2 dxc4 11.Nbd2 Qc7 12.Rc1 b5 13.Ne5 Nd5 14.Ndxc4 bxc4 15.Rxc4 Qxe5
16.Bxe5 Nxe5 17.Bxd5 exd5 18.Qxd5 Nxc4 19.Qxa8 Nxa3 20.Qxa7 Bxb4 21.Qa4 Be7
22.Ra1 h6 23.Rxa3 Bxa3 24.Qxa3 Re8 25.Qd3 Be6 26.f3 f6 27.Kf2 h5 28.h3 Bxh3
29.Qd5+ Be6 30.Qxh5 Bf7 31.Qf5 Re5 32.Qc8+ Kh7 33.f4 Re8 34.Qd7 Kg8 35.Kf3 Bg6
36.g4 Be4+ 37.Kg3 Bg6 38.Qb5 Re3+ 39.Kf2 Re7 40.Qc6 Kh7 41.Kf3 f5 42.gxf5 Bxf5
43.Qd6 Re6 44.Qd5 Kg6 45.e3 Re7 46.Qc6+ Re6 47.Qd5 Re7 48.Kf2 Re6 49.Qg2+ Kf7
50.Qg5 g6 51.Qd8 Re8 52.Qd4 Re4 53.Qc3 Ke7 54.Kg3 Kd7 55.Qc5 Re6 56.Kh4 Be4
57.Kg5 Bf5 58.Kh6 Re7 59.Qd5+ Ke8 60.Qd4 Re4 61.Qc5 Re7 62.Kg5 Re6 63.Qa7 Be4
64.Kh6 Re7 65.Qb8+ Kd7 66.Kg5 Re6 67.Kh4 Bf5 68.Qa7+ Ke8 69.Kg3 Re7 70.Qc5 Kf7
71.Qa3 Re6 72.Kf3 Re7 73.Ke2 Re4 74.Kd2 Kg7 75.Qa7+ Kf6 76.Kc3 Ke6 77.Qc5 Kf7
78.Qb6 Ke7 79.Kb3 Be6+ 80.Kc2 Bf5 81.Kc3 Kf7 82.Qa7+ Kf6 83.Kd2 Re7 84.Qb8 Kf7
85.Qh8 Re4 86.Ke2 Ke7 87.Kf2 Kd7 88.Qf6 Re6 89.Qc3 Re4 90.Kg3 Re6 91.Kh4 Re4
92.Qc5 Kd8 93.Kg5 Re6 94.Kh6 Re7 95.Qd6+ Ke8 96.Qb8+ Kd7 97.Qh8 Re4 98.Qf6 Re7
99.Kg5 Re6 100.Qb2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Frank K Berry ch-USA"]
[Site "Tulsa USA"]
[Date "2008.05.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Gurevich,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[ECO "D41"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 cxd4 8.cxd4 Nc6
9.a3 Be7 10.Bd3 O-O 11.Bb2 Qa5+ 12.Kf1 b6 13.Qe2 Bb7 14.h4 Rac8 15.Rh3 Nb8
16.d5 exd5 17.Rg3 f6 18.Nd4 dxe4 19.Qg4 Rf7 20.Bxe4 h5 21.Qf5 Bxe4 22.Qxc8+ Kh7
23.Qxb8 Qd2 24.Qe8 Bd5 25.Rxg7+ Kxg7 26.Nf5+ Kh7 27.Nxe7 Bxg2+ 28.Kg1  1-0

[Event "Frank K Berry ch-USA"]
[Site "Tulsa USA"]
[Date "2008.05.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kudrin,S"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nbd7 4.g4 h6 5.h3 e5 6.Nge2 c6 7.a4 Be7 8.Bg2 g5 9.Ng3 Nf8
10.Nf5 Ng6 11.Be3 Bxf5 12.exf5 Nh4 13.O-O Qc7 14.Bh1 h5 15.d5 hxg4 16.hxg4 Qd7
17.a5 c5 18.Ne4 Nxf5 19.Nxf6+ Bxf6 20.gxf5 Qxf5 21.Bg2 e4 22.Ra4 Rh4 23.f4 exf3
24.Rxf3 Qg6 25.Rxh4 gxh4 26.Qf1 Ke7 27.Bf4 Bxb2 28.c3 Kf8 29.Qe2 Ba3 30.Qa2 Re8
31.Qxa3 h3 32.Rxh3 Re2 33.Rg3 Re1+  1-0

[Event "Frank K Berry ch-USA"]
[Site "Tulsa USA"]
[Date "2008.05.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Yermolinsky,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[ECO "D35"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.e3 Bf5 7.Qf3 Bg6 8.Bxf6 Qxf6
9.Qxf6 gxf6 10.h4 Nd7 11.Nge2 Bd6 12.Nf4 O-O-O 13.O-O-O Rde8 14.Be2 h5 15.Rde1 f5
16.Kd2 Nf6 17.f3 Re7 18.Bd3 Rhe8 19.g3 a6 20.Re2 Bh7 21.a3 Rg8 22.Rg1 b5
23.Ke1 Bg6 24.Kf2 Kb7 25.Bb1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Frank K Berry ch-USA"]
[Site "Tulsa USA"]
[Date "2008.05.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Ludwig,Dan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2357"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.g4 dxc4 8.Bxc4 e5
9.g5 Nd5 10.Bd2 exd4 11.Nxd4 O-O 12.Ne4 Ne5 13.Be2 Nb4 14.Qb3 a5 15.a3 c5
16.axb4 cxd4 17.bxa5 Be6 18.Qb5 Bc7 19.O-O d3 20.Bd1 Bd5 21.Ng3 Nc4 22.Bc3 Re8
23.Bb3 Bxg3 24.hxg3 Rc8 25.Rad1 Rxe3 26.fxe3 Qxg5 27.Rf3 Qh5 28.Qd7 Rf8 29.g4  1-0

[Event "Frank K Berry ch-USA"]
[Site "Tulsa USA"]
[Date "2008.05.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Finegold,B"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[ECO "D47"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Be2 Bb7
9.e4 b4 10.e5 bxc3 11.exf6 Nxf6 12.bxc3 Bd6 13.Rb1 Qc7 14.Bg5 Ne4 15.Qb3 Rb8
16.Bd3 Nxg5 17.Nxg5 Ke7 18.Qd1 h6 19.Ne4 c5 20.dxc5 Be5 21.O-O Bxh2+ 22.Kh1 Be5
23.Qa4 Bxe4 24.Qxe4 Qxc5 25.f4 Rxb1 26.Rxb1 Bc7 27.Rb7 Rb8 28.Rxb8 Bxb8 29.Qb4 Qxb4
30.cxb4 Bxf4 31.g4 g6 32.Kg2 f5 33.Kf3 Bd6  0-1

[Event "Frank K Berry ch-USA"]
[Site "Tulsa USA"]
[Date "2008.05.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Onischuk,Al"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.Rc1 O-O 8.Qb3 c5
9.dxc5 Qa5 10.a3 Bxc5 11.e3 d4 12.Bxf6 Nxf6 13.Qb5 Qd8 14.Qxc5 dxc3 15.Qxc3 Bg4
16.Rd1 Qb6 17.Qb4 Qxb4+ 18.axb4 Rac8 19.Bd3 Nd5 20.Bxh7+ Kxh7 21.Rxd5 Rc1+
22.Rd1 Rc2 23.Rd2 Rc1+ 24.Rd1 Rc2 25.O-O Rfc8 26.b3 R8c3 27.Rb1 Bxf3 28.gxf3 Rc6
29.Rfe1 Rb6 30.Rec1 Rxc1+ 31.Rxc1 Rxb4 32.Rc3 f5 33.f4 a5 34.f3 b5 35.Kf2 a4
36.bxa4 bxa4 37.Rc5 g6 38.Ra5 Rb2+ 39.Kg3 Rb3 40.Rxa4 Rxe3 41.h4 Kh6 42.Ra8 Re1
43.h5 gxh5 44.Ra6+ Kg7 45.Kh4 Rg1 46.Kxh5 Kf7 47.Ra7+ Kf6 48.Ra6+ Kf7 49.Ra7+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Frank K Berry ch-USA"]
[Site "Tulsa USA"]
[Date "2008.05.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Becerra Rivero,J"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[ECO "C10"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Nbd7 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.Nf3 h6 8.Bh4 c5
9.Bb5+ Bd7 10.Bxd7+ Qxd7 11.Qe2 Be7 12.dxc5 Qc6 13.O-O Qxc5 14.Ne5 Bd6 15.Rfe1 Bxe5
16.Qxe5 Qxe5 17.Rxe5  1/2-1/2

[Event "17th Open"]
[Site "Chicago USA"]
[Date "2008.05.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Hilton,Jonathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D91"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Ne4 5.Bh4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.e3 c5 8.cxd5 cxd4
9.cxd4 Qxd5 10.Nf3 Nc6 11.Qa4 Bd7 12.Qb5 Qxb5 13.Bxb5 Rc8 14.Rb1 Na5 15.O-O Rc2
16.a4 a6 17.Bd3 Rc3 18.Be4 Bxa4 19.Bxb7 Bb5 20.Be4 Bxf1 21.Kxf1 Ra3 22.g4 Kd7
23.Rb6 Rc8 24.Rxa6 Nc4 25.Rxa3 Nxa3 26.Bg3 f6 27.h4 e6 28.d5 Nb5 29.dxe6+ Kxe6
30.h5 Rc4 31.Bd3 Rc1+ 32.Kg2 Nc3 33.hxg6 hxg6 34.Bxg6 Nb5 35.Bd3 Nc7 36.Nd4+ Kd5
37.Bc2 Na6 38.Bb3+ Ke4 39.Bd6 Bh8 40.Nf5 Rc3 41.Bf7 Rc6 42.Bg6 Kd5 43.Bf7+ Ke4
44.Kg3 Rb6 45.Bc4  1-0

[Event "17th Open"]
[Site "Chicago USA"]
[Date "2008.05.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Robson,R"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2433"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nbd7 4.f4 e5 5.Nf3 exd4 6.Qxd4 c6 7.Be3 d5 8.O-O-O Bc5
9.Qd3 Qb6 10.Bd2 dxe4 11.Nxe4 O-O 12.Nxc5 Nxc5 13.Qa3 a5 14.Be3 Nfe4 15.Rd4 Qc7
16.b4 axb4 17.Qxa8 b6 18.Ne5 Bf5 19.Qxf8+ Kxf8 20.Bc4 f6 21.Rhd1 fxe5 22.Rd8+ Ke7
23.Rg8 Ne6 24.g4 Bxg4 25.Rg1 Nf6 26.Ra8 exf4 27.Bd2 c5 28.h3 Bf5  0-1

[Event "17th Open"]
[Site "Chicago USA"]
[Date "2008.05.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Mitkov,N1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bxf6 Qxf6 8.Qb3 c5
9.dxc5 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 O-O 11.Nd4 Be6 12.Qxb7 Nd7 13.Qb4 Rab8 14.Qa3 Rfc8 15.e3 Qg6
16.f3 Nxc5 17.Kf2 Qf6 18.Rc1 Qe7 19.Kg1 Bd7 20.Re1 Rb1 21.Re2 Rcb8 22.g4 h5
23.h3 Qh4 24.Kg2 Nd3 25.Qd6 Ne1+ 26.Kg1 R8b6 27.Qe5 Rd1 28.Rhh2 Nd3 29.Qc7 Rbb1  0-1

[Event "17th Open"]
[Site "Chicago USA"]
[Date "2008.05.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Quan Zhe"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.b3 O-O 8.Be2 b6
9.O-O Bb7 10.e4 dxe4 11.Nxe4 Nxe4 12.Qxe4 Nf6 13.Qh4 c5 14.Bb2 Ne4 15.Qh5 f5
16.Rad1 Qc7 17.dxc5 bxc5 18.Bd3 Nf6 19.Qh4 Bxf3 20.gxf3 Nd7 21.Be2 Rf7 22.Rd3 Nf8
23.Bc1 Ng6 24.Qh5 Nf4 25.Bxf4 Bxf4 26.Rfd1 Raf8 27.Bf1 Rf6 28.Rd7 Qb8 29.Qh4 Rh6
30.Qe7 Bxh2+ 31.Kg2 Rg6+ 32.Kh3 Qf4 33.Be2 Rg3+  0-1

[Event "17th Open"]
[Site "Chicago USA"]
[Date "2008.05.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Friedel,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2484"]
[ECO "E13"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 b6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 g5 7.Bg3 Ne4 8.Qc2 Bb7
9.e3 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 d6 11.Bd3 f5 12.d5 Na6 13.Bxe4 fxe4 14.Nd2 Qe7 15.Qxe4 Nc5
16.Qg6+ Kd7 17.dxe6+ Nxe6 18.f3 Rag8 19.Qc2 h5 20.O-O-O  1/2-1/2

[Event "17th Open"]
[Site "Chicago USA"]
[Date "2008.05.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Paragua,M"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6 4.f4 Qa5 5.Bd3 e5 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.O-O Be7 8.Kh1 O-O
9.Be3 b5 10.Qd2 Qc7 11.a4 b4 12.Ne2 d5 13.fxe5 dxe4 14.exf6 Nxf6 15.Bf4 Qb7
16.Ng3 exd3 17.Qxd3 Nd5 18.Bg5 f6 19.Bd2 Re8 20.Nf5 Bf8 21.N3h4 g5 22.Nf3 Qa6
23.Qxa6 Bxa6 24.Rfe1 Kf7 25.Ng3 c5 26.dxc5 Bxc5 27.Ne4 Bf8 28.Nd4 Bb7 29.Nf2 Bc5
30.c3 Rac8 31.Ne4 Rxe4 32.Rxe4 Nxc3 33.Ree1 Bxd4 34.bxc3 bxc3 35.Be3 Bxe3
36.Rxe3 c2  0-1

[Event "17th Open"]
[Site "Chicago USA"]
[Date "2008.05.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Zapata,Alo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[ECO "E70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.Bd3 e5 8.d5 a5 9.f3 Na6
10.Nge2 Qe8 11.Qd2 Nh5 12.Bf2 f5 13.exf5 gxf5 14.O-O-O Nc5 15.Bc2 e4 16.Rde1 Bd7
17.Bd4 Qg6 18.Bxg7 Qxg7 19.fxe4 fxe4 20.Nxe4 a4 21.Qd4 Nxe4 22.Qxg7+ Nxg7
23.Bxe4 b5 24.cxb5 Bxb5 25.Nc3 Bc4 26.Bf3 a3 27.b3 Ba6 28.Re4 Bd3 29.Rd4 Bg6
30.Kd2 Ne8 31.Re1 Nf6 32.Re7 Rf7 33.Rxf7 Bxf7 34.Ra4 Rxa4 35.bxa4 Nd7 36.a5 Nc5
37.Be2  1-0

[Event "National Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2008.06.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Robson,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2433"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.g4 Bb4 8.Bd2 b6
9.O-O-O Bb7 10.Rg1 Rc8 11.Kb1 Bxc3 12.Bxc3 Ne4 13.Bd3 Nxc3+ 14.Qxc3 dxc4
15.Bxc4 O-O 16.Ne5 Qc7 17.f4 c5 18.Nxd7 Qxd7 19.f5 Bd5 20.Bxd5 Qxd5 21.dxc5 Qxc5
22.Qxc5 Rxc5 23.e4 h5 24.h3  1/2-1/2

[Event "National Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2008.06.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Yanayt,E"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2268"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[ECO "A58"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 g6 6.Nc3 Bxa6 7.Nf3 d6 8.g3 Bg7
9.Bg2 O-O 10.O-O Nbd7 11.Qc2 Qa5 12.Rd1 Rfb8 13.Rb1 Ng4 14.Bd2 Qc7 15.b3 Rb7
16.h3 Nge5 17.Nxe5 Nxe5 18.f4 Nd7 19.e4 c4 20.Kh2 cxb3 21.Rxb3 Rxb3 22.axb3 Rb8
23.Rc1 Bd4 24.Qa2 Qb7 25.b4 Bd3 26.Qa4 Rc8 27.e5 Nb6 28.Qd1 Qa6 29.exd6 exd6
30.Ne4 Re8 31.Nxd6 Re2 32.Rc6 Qa2 33.Ne4 Rxg2+ 34.Kxg2 Bxe4+ 35.Kh2 Nc4 36.Qe2 Nxd2  0-1

[Event "National Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2008.06.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Friedel,J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2484"]
[ECO "E45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Ne2 Ba6 6.a3 Be7 7.Nf4 d5 8.b3 c6 9.Bb2 O-O
10.Bd3 Bd6 11.O-O Nbd7 12.Rc1 Rc8 13.Nh5 Nxh5 14.Qxh5 f5 15.Qe2 Qh4 16.g3 Qh3
17.f3 Rce8 18.Rc2 Bb7 19.Qg2 Qh6 20.Qd2 c5 21.cxd5 exd5 22.Bb5 Rf7 23.dxc5 Bxc5
24.Nxd5 f4 25.b4 fxe3 26.Qe2 Bxd5 27.bxc5 bxc5 28.Bc4 Qe6 29.Kg2 g5 30.h3 h5
31.Bxd5 Qxd5 32.Qc4 Qxc4 33.Rxc4 Rb8 34.Bc3 Rb3 35.Re1 Re7 36.a4 Ne5 37.Rxc5 Nd3
38.Rc8+ Kf7 39.Re2 h4 40.Bd4 hxg3 41.Kxg3 Nf4 42.Rxe3 Rbxe3 43.Bxe3 Rxe3
44.h4 Nh5+ 45.Kg4 Nf6+ 46.Kxg5 Re5+ 47.Kf4 Ra5 48.Rc4 Nd5+ 49.Kg3 Nb6 50.Rc7+ Kg6
51.f4 Nxa4 52.Kg4 Nb6 53.h5+ Kh6 54.Rc6+ Kh7 55.f5 Nd5 56.Kg5 Ra3 57.Rd6 Rg3+
58.Kh4 Ne7 59.Rd7 Rg7 60.Kh3 Nxf5 61.Rd5 Ne7 62.Ra5 Nc8 63.Kh4 Nb6  0-1

[Event "World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2008.07.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bercys,S"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2429"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.d4 b6 2.c4 Bb7 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.g3 e6 6.Bg5 Nc6 7.b3 Rc8 8.Qc2 Bf6
9.e3 a5 10.h4 h6 11.Rd1 Ra8 12.h5 Ra7 13.Ra1 a4 14.a3 Ra5 15.Rc1 Re5  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2008.07.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ramirez,Alej"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.g3 c5 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.O-O Nf6 6.cxd5 exd5 7.d4 Be7 8.dxc5 Bxc5
9.a3 a6 10.b4 Ba7 11.Bb2 O-O 12.Nbd2 Bg4 13.Nb3 Ne4 14.Nbd4 Rc8 15.Nxc6 bxc6
16.Bd4 c5 17.bxc5 Bxc5 18.Qd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2008.07.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Khachiyan,M"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2504"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "C14"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7 7.f4 a6 8.Nf3 c5
9.Qd2 Nc6 10.O-O-O b5 11.dxc5 Nxc5 12.Bd3 b4 13.Ne2 O-O 14.Kb1 a5 15.Ned4 Nxd4
16.Nxd4 Ba6 17.Bxa6 Rxa6 18.h4 Ne4 19.Qe3 a4 20.Ne2 b3 21.cxb3 axb3 22.Qxb3 Qa7
23.Nc1 Rb8  0-1

[Event "World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2008.07.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ganguly,S"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6 4.f4 Qa5 5.e5 Ne4 6.Qf3 d5 7.Bd3 Nxc3 8.Bd2 Qb6
9.bxc3 e6 10.Qd1 c5 11.Nf3 Nc6 12.Rb1 Qc7 13.O-O c4 14.Be2 Be7 15.Qe1 Qa5
16.Ra1 Bd7 17.Qg3 g6 18.a4 O-O-O 19.Qf2 Rdf8 20.Qe3 a6 21.Rfb1 Kb8 22.Be1 Ka8
23.h3 Na7 24.Bh4 Bxh4 25.Nxh4 Nc8 26.Rb4 Nb6 27.Nf3 Nxa4 28.Nd2 Rc8 29.Bf3 b5
30.Ne4 dxe4 31.Raxa4 Qxa4 32.Rxa4 bxa4 33.Bxe4+ Bc6 34.Qe1 Rhd8 35.Bxc6+ Rxc6
36.Qa1 Rd5 37.Qxa4 Kb7 38.Kf2 Rb5 39.g4 Kb6 40.Qa3 Kb7 41.Ke3 Rb1 42.f5 gxf5
43.gxf5 Rc7 44.f6 Rh1 45.Qb4+ Kc8 46.Qb6 Rxh3+ 47.Kf4 Rh1 48.Qxa6+ Kb8 49.Qb5+ Ka7
50.Qa4+ Kb7 51.Qb5+ Ka7 52.Qe8 h5 53.Kg5 Rg1+ 54.Kxh5 Rg2 55.d5 Rb7 56.dxe6 Rb1
57.Qd7+  1-0

[Event "World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2008.07.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Arun Prasad,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2492"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.g4 dxc4 8.Bxc4 e5
9.h3 exd4 10.Nxd4 Nb6 11.Be2 Nfd5 12.Bd2 O-O 13.O-O-O Qe7 14.a3 Nxc3 15.Bxc3 Nd5
16.Bd2 Bd7 17.Kb1  1/2-1/2

[Event "9th TIM"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2008.08.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Zugic,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2457"]
[ECO "D92"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Be5 Nxc3 8.bxc3 Bxe5
9.Nxe5 Nd7 10.Nxd7 Bxd7 11.e4 e5 12.Qd2 Qe7 13.d5 f5 14.exf5 Rxf5 15.Be2 Rg5
16.h4 Rf5 17.Qe3 Raf8 18.f3 b6 19.g3 Kh8 20.O-O Qd6 21.c4 Re8 22.Rac1 Rff8
23.Rfd1 Qc5 24.Qxc5 bxc5 25.Rc3 a5 26.Rb1 Rb8 27.Rcb3 Ra8 28.Rb7 Rfc8 29.Bd3 Be8
30.Re1 c6 31.Rxe5 cxd5 32.Ree7  1-0

[Event "9th TIM"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2008.08.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura,H"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "C10"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Bd3 c5 7.Nxf6+ Nxf6 8.Be3 Qc7
9.Qe2 a6 10.O-O-O b5 11.dxc5 Bxc5 12.Bxc5 Qxc5 13.Ne5 Bb7 14.Rhe1 O-O 15.g4 Qb4
16.h4 Nd5 17.Qe4 Qxe4 18.Bxe4 Rfd8 19.f4 Rd6 20.Rd4 Rc8 21.Red1 f6 22.Nf3 h5
23.gxh5 Rcd8 24.f5 e5 25.R4d2 Kf7 26.Nh2 Ke7 27.Ng4 Bc6 28.a3 Ne3 29.Rxd6 Rxd6
30.Rxd6 Kxd6 31.Nxf6 Bxe4 32.Nxe4+ Ke7 33.f6+ gxf6 34.h6 Kf7 35.h7 Kg7 36.Nxf6 Nf5
37.h5 Nh6 38.Kd2 Nf7 39.Ng4 Kxh7 40.Kd3 Nd6 41.Nxe5 Kh6 42.Kd4 Kxh5 43.Kc5  1-0

[Event "9th TIM"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2008.08.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Bluvshtein,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[ECO "A62"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.g3 Bg7 8.Bg2 O-O
9.O-O Re8 10.Bf4 a6 11.a4 Nh5 12.Bg5 Bf6 13.Bxf6 Nxf6 14.Nd2 Nbd7 15.e4 Rb8
16.a5 Qc7 17.h3 c4 18.Kh2 b5 19.axb6 Rxb6 20.Qc2 Ne5 21.f4 Nd3 22.Na4 Rb7
23.Qc3 Nd7 24.Nxc4 N7c5 25.Nxc5 Nxc5 26.e5 dxe5 27.d6 Qd7 28.b4 Na4 29.Qb3 Nc5
30.Qa3 Ne4 31.fxe5 Qb5 32.Na5 Rxe5 33.Nxb7 Bxb7 34.Rad1 Rh5 35.d7 Rxh3+ 36.Bxh3  1-0

[Event "9th TIM"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2008.08.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kovalyov,A"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 c6 4.e4 Bb4 5.e5 c5 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 Ne7 8.Qg4 Nf5
9.Nf3 Nc6 10.cxd5 Qxd5 11.Bd3 O-O 12.Be4 Qc4 13.Bb2 cxd4 14.cxd4 Nb4 15.axb4 Qxb4+
16.Kf1 Qxb2 17.Rb1 Qa2 18.Qf4 Bd7 19.g4 Ne7 20.Ng5 h6 21.Nh7 Ng6 22.Nf6+ gxf6
23.Qxh6 Qc4+ 24.Ke1 f5 25.gxf5 Qxd4 26.f3 exf5 27.h4 fxe4 28.h5 Qc3+ 29.Kf1 Qxf3+
30.Kg1 Qg3+ 31.Kf1 Bh3+  0-1

[Event "9th TIM"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2008.08.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Maze,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[ECO "A63"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 exd5 4.cxd5 d6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Nf3 Bg7 7.g3 Nf6 8.Bg2 O-O
9.O-O Nbd7 10.Bf4 Ne8 11.a4 a6 12.e4 Rb8 13.Qe2 f6 14.Nd2 Ne5 15.h3 Nc7 16.Be3 f5
17.f4 Nf7 18.Nc4 fxe4 19.Nb6 Nb5 20.axb5 Qxb6 21.g4 Bd7 22.bxa6 bxa6 23.f5 gxf5
24.gxf5 Be5 25.Rf2 Qxb2 26.Qg4+ Kh8 27.Rxb2 Rxb2 28.Ra2 Bxc3 29.Rxb2 Bxb2
30.Qxe4 Re8 31.Qb1 Bf6 32.Qb7 Rxe3 33.Qxd7 Bd4 34.Kf1 Kg7 35.Qa7 Ra3 36.Be4 Rxh3
37.Kg2 Re3 38.Bf3 Kf6 39.Bh5 Nh6 40.Qxh7 Nxf5 41.Qg6+ Ke5 42.Kh2 Rg3 43.Qe6+ Kf4
44.Bg6 Rxg6 45.Qxg6 c4 46.Kh3 c3 47.Qg4+ Ke5 48.Qh5 Kf4 49.Qg4+ Ke5 50.Qh5 Kf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "9th TIM"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shulman,Y"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "D41"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 cxd4 8.cxd4 Bb4+
9.Bd2 Bxd2+ 10.Qxd2 O-O 11.Bc4 Nc6 12.O-O b6 13.Rfe1 Bb7 14.Rad1 Rc8 15.d5 Na5
16.Bd3 exd5 17.e5  1/2-1/2

[Event "9th TIM"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2008.08.31"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Nataf,IA"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[ECO "E92"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.Be3 Ng4 8.Bg5 f6
9.Bh4 g5 10.Bg3 Nh6 11.d5 Nd7 12.Nd2 f5 13.exf5 Nf6 14.Nde4 Nxe4 15.Nxe4 Bxf5
16.Bd3 g4 17.O-O Kh8 18.Re1 Qe7 19.Rc1 b6 20.b4 a5 21.a3 axb4 22.axb4 Bg6
23.c5 bxc5 24.bxc5 Ra5 25.Qe2 Ra4 26.Nc3 Bxd3 27.Qxd3 Rb4 28.cxd6 cxd6 29.Re4 Rxe4
30.Nxe4 Nf5 31.Qd1 h5 32.h3 Bh6 33.Rc6 h4 34.hxg4 Nxg3 35.fxg3 Be3+ 36.Kh2 Qh7
37.Qc2 hxg3+ 38.Kxg3 Bg1  0-1

[Event "9th TIM"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2008.09.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Roussel Roozmon,T"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.a3 d5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Qa4+ Qd7 8.Qc2 dxc4
9.e3 Bxf3 10.gxf3 b5 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.f4 c6 13.Bg2 a6 14.O-O-O Qc7 15.f5 exf5
16.Qxf5 Nd7 17.Qe4+ Kf8 18.Qxc6 Qxc6 19.Bxc6 Ra7 20.a4 bxa4 21.Nxa4 Ke7 22.Kc2 Rb8
23.Ra1 Bh4 24.Bxd7 Rxd7 25.Nc5 Rd6 26.f4 f5 27.Rhg1 Kf7 28.Rg2 Re8 29.Ra3 h6
30.Nxa6 g5 31.Nc7 Re7 32.Nb5 Rde6 33.d5 Rxe3 34.Nd6+ Kf6 35.Rxe3 Rxe3 36.Nxc4 Rf3
37.fxg5+ hxg5 38.d6 Rf2+ 39.Rxf2 Bxf2 40.b4 Ke6 41.Kd3 Bg1 42.h3 Bh2 43.b5 Bxd6
44.Nxd6 Kxd6 45.Kd4 Kc7 46.Ke5 f4 47.Ke4 Kb6 48.h4 gxh4 49.Kxf4 Kxb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "9th TIM"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2008.09.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Charbonneau,P"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2499"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "C10"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.g3 b6 6.Bg2 Rb8 7.Qe2 Bb7 8.Nf3 Ngf6
9.Nxf6+ Qxf6 10.O-O Bd6 11.Re1 Bxf3 12.Bxf3 Qxd4 13.c3 Qe5 14.Qd1 Qb5 15.a4 Qf5
16.Be4 Qf6 17.Qh5 h6 18.h4 Qe7 19.Qg4 O-O 20.Bxh6 f5 21.Bxf5 Rxf5 22.Rxe6 Qf7
23.Rg6 Bf8 24.Bxg7 Bxg7 25.Rxg7+ Qxg7 26.Qxf5 Rf8 27.Qd5+ Qf7 28.Rd1 Nc5
29.Qd4 Qf3 30.Rd2 Ne4 31.Qc4+ Rf7 32.Rd8+ Kh7 33.Qd4 Qxf2+ 34.Qxf2 Rxf2 35.Rd7+ Kg6
36.Rxc7 Rxb2 37.Rxa7 Nxg3 38.c4 Kh5 39.Rg7 Kxh4 40.Rg6 Kh3 41.Rh6+ Kg4 42.Rf6  0-1

[Event "SPICE Cup"]
[Site "Lubbock USA"]
[Date "2008.09.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Perelshteyn,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Qa4+ Nc6 6.e3 O-O 7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 Bd7
9.Qc2 Na5 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Bd3 Re8 12.a4 Nc4 13.O-O Ne4 14.Bxc4 dxc4 15.Ne5 Nd6
16.e4 Be6 17.Bf4 f6 18.Nf3 f5 19.Bxd6 cxd6 20.Rfe1 Qd7 21.Ng5 h6 22.Nxe6 Qxe6
23.e5 d5 24.Reb1 Re7 25.Rb5 Rf8 26.Rab1 Rff7 27.Qe2 f4 28.Qf3 Rd7 29.a5 g5
30.h3 Kg7 31.R1b4 Rfe7 32.Rc5 Rd8 33.Rbb5 Red7 34.Qg4 Qxg4 35.hxg4 Kf7 36.f3 Ke6
37.a6 Rb8 38.Kh2 Ke7 39.Rxd5 Rxd5 40.Rxd5 b5 41.Rc5 Kd7 42.d5 Rb6 43.g3 Rxa6
44.gxf4 gxf4 45.Rxb5 Ra2+ 46.Kh3 Rf2 47.g5 hxg5 48.Kg4 Re2 49.Rb7+ Kc8 50.Re7 a5
51.Kxg5 a4 52.Kxf4 Kb8 53.d6 Rd2 54.Rc7  1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup"]
[Site "Lubbock USA"]
[Date "2008.09.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Miton,K"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "D58"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 O-O 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 b6 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.O-O Nbd7 10.cxd5 Nxd5 11.Nxd5 Bxh4 12.Nxc7 Bxf2+ 13.Rxf2 Qxc7 14.Rc1 Qd6
15.Qa4 Rfc8 16.Rxc8+ Rxc8 17.Qxa7 Bc6 18.Qa6 Ra8 19.Qc4 Bd5 20.Qc3 Rxa2 21.Ne5 Ra1+
22.Rf1 Rxf1+ 23.Kxf1 Bb7 24.Nxd7 Qxd7 25.Be2 g5 26.Bf3 Qb5+ 27.Kf2 Qf5 28.Qc7 Bxf3
29.gxf3 Qd3 30.Qb8+ Kh7 31.Qf8 Qf5 32.Kg2 h5 33.Qd8 h4 34.Qc7 Kg6 35.e4 Qb5
36.Qc2 f5 37.b3 fxe4 38.fxe4 g4 39.d5 exd5 40.exd5+ Kf6 41.Qe4 Qd7 42.Qf4+ Kg6
43.Qe4+ Qf5 44.Qe8+ Qf7 45.Qe4+ Qf5 46.Qe8+ Kg5 47.Qe7+ Kf4 48.Qd6+ Kg5 49.Qe7+ Kf4
50.Qd6+ Kg5 51.Qe7+ Kh5 52.Qe8+ Kg5 53.Qe7+ Kf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup"]
[Site "Lubbock USA"]
[Date "2008.09.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Onischuk,Al"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "D56"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 Ne4 8.Bxe7 Qxe7
9.Qc2 Nxc3 10.Qxc3 c6 11.Bd3 Nd7 12.c5 Re8 13.b4 e5 14.Nxe5 Nxe5 15.dxe5 Qxe5
16.Qxe5 Rxe5 17.Kd2 g6 18.a4 Bf5 19.Ra3 Bxd3 20.Rxd3 a6 21.Rd4 Kg7 22.Rb1 h5
23.h4 Re6 24.Rb3 Rf6 25.Ke2 Re6 26.Kd2 Rf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup"]
[Site "Lubbock USA"]
[Date "2008.09.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Harikrishna,P"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Qb6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Be2 cxd4 7.cxd4 Nge7 8.Na3 Nf5
9.Nc2 Bb4+ 10.Kf1 Be7 11.g4 Nh4 12.Nxh4 Bxh4 13.Be3 f6 14.exf6 Bxf6 15.Bd3 g6  1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup"]
[Site "Lubbock USA"]
[Date "2008.09.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Kaidanov,G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.Bg5 a6 6.e3 b5 7.a4 b4 8.Ne4 Bb7 9.Nxf6+ gxf6
10.Bh4 c3 11.bxc3 bxc3 12.Rb1 Be4 13.Bd3 Qd5 14.Qc2 Bxd3 15.Qxd3 Nd7 16.O-O Bd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup"]
[Site "Lubbock USA"]
[Date "2008.09.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Stefansson,H"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "D34"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.g3 Nf6 7.Bg2 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.Bg5 c4 10.Ne5 Be6 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.e3 Nd7 13.Bxe7 Qxe7 14.Na4 Rab8 15.Qc2 Rb4
16.b3 Rfb8 17.Rfd1 g6 18.Qc1 Qd6 19.Rd2 Bf5 20.Nc3 cxb3 21.axb3 Rxb3 22.Rda2 Qb4
23.Ra3 Rb2 24.Ra4 Qb3 25.R4a3 Rc2 26.Qe1 Qb4 27.Bf3 Rb7 28.g4 Be6 29.Na4 Qe7
30.Be2 h5 31.Bd3 Qh4 32.Bxc2 Qxg4+ 33.Kf1 Qf3 34.Qa5 Nb6 35.Ke1 Nc4 36.Qd8+ Kg7
37.Qg5 Bg4  0-1

[Event "SPICE Cup"]
[Site "Lubbock USA"]
[Date "2008.09.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Becerra Rivero,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Nb6 8.Ne5 a5
9.Bg5 h6 10.Bh4 Nbd5 11.Qb3 Qb6 12.Qxb6 Nxb6 13.f3 Nfd7 14.Nxd7 Nxd7 15.e4 Bh7
16.Bc4 e6 17.Ke2 Be7 18.Bf2 O-O 19.g4 Rfd8 20.h4 Kf8 21.g5 h5 22.Rad1 Bd6
23.Be3 Ke7 24.Rhg1 Nf8 25.f4 Re8 26.Rdf1 Bb4 27.f5 Kd7 28.Kd2 Bg8 29.Be2 exf5
30.exf5 Re4 31.Rf4 Rae8 32.Rxe4 Rxe4 33.Rh1 Bh7 34.Bxh5 Bxf5 35.Bxf7 Rg4  1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup"]
[Site "Lubbock USA"]
[Date "2008.09.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mikhalevski,V"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "D44"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Nxg5 hxg5
10.Bxg5 Nbd7 11.exf6 Qb6 12.g3 Bb7 13.Bg2 O-O-O 14.O-O c5 15.d5 b4 16.Rb1 Qa6
17.dxe6 Bxg2 18.e7 Bxf1 19.Qd5 Bxe7 20.fxe7 Bd3 21.Ne4 Bxb1 22.Nd6+ Kc7 23.Bf4 Kb6
24.Nxc4+ Kb5 25.Nd6+ Kb6 26.exd8=B+ Rxd8 27.Nc4+ Kb5 28.Nd6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup"]
[Site "Lubbock USA"]
[Date "2008.09.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Kritz,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Qa4+ Nc6 6.e3 O-O 7.Bd2 dxc4 8.Bxc4 Bd6
9.Nb5 Ne4 10.Nxd6 cxd6 11.Qc2 Nxd2 12.Qxd2 d5 13.Bd3 Bd7 14.O-O Qa5 15.Qxa5 Nxa5
16.Ne5 Rfd8 17.Rfc1 Nc6 18.Nxd7 Rxd7 19.Bb5 Rc7 20.Rc5 Rac8 21.Rac1 Kf8 22.Bxc6 Rxc6
23.Rxc6 bxc6 24.Rc5 Rb8 25.b3 Rb6 26.Ra5 a6 27.f3 Ke7 28.Kf2 Kd6 29.e4 f6
30.Ke3 e5 31.dxe5+ fxe5 32.Kd3 g5 33.h3  1/2-1/2

[Event "1st WMSG Blitz Ind"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Leon Hoyos,M"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6 4.f4 Qa5 5.Nf3 Nxe4 6.Bd2 Nxd2 7.Qxd2 Bg4 8.Be2 e6
9.O-O Be7 10.b4 Qb6 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Bxf3 O-O 13.Ne4 d5 14.Nc5 Bxc5 15.bxc5 Qc7
16.Rae1 Nd7 17.Be2 Rfe8 18.Bd3 b6 19.cxb6 axb6 20.c3 b5 21.Rf3 Qd6 22.Kh1 Rab8
23.Bc2 b4 24.cxb4 Qxb4 25.Qf2 c5 26.Qh4 g6 27.dxc5 Nxc5 28.Kh2 Qd4 29.Rd1 Qb2
30.Rf2 Qc3 31.f5 Qe5+ 32.Kh1 exf5 33.Rf3 Ne4 34.Bb3 Rbd8 35.Rfd3 d4 36.Bc4 Kg7
37.a4 Re7 38.a5 Ra8 39.Qg5  0-1

[Event "1st WMSG Blitz Ind"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Kraai,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Qc2 O-O 7.e4 d5 8.Bxf6 Bxf6
9.cxd5 exd5 10.e5 Be7 11.Bd3 h6 12.O-O-O c5 13.dxc5 bxc5 14.Be4 Na6 15.Nxd5 Bxd5
16.Bxd5 Qa5 17.Bxa8 Rxa8 18.Qc4 Nb4 19.a3 Nc6 20.Rd7 Rb8 21.Rhd1 Qb6 22.R1d2 Na5
23.Qd5 Nb3+ 24.Kd1 Bf8 25.Qxf7+ Kh8 26.R2d6 Qb5 27.Rxh6+  1-0

[Event "1st WMSG Blitz Ind"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Paragua,M"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6 4.g3 Qc7 5.Bg2 e5 6.Nge2 Bg4 7.O-O Nbd7 8.a4 Be7
9.Be3 O-O 10.h3 Bh5 11.g4 Bg6 12.Ng3 Rfe8 13.g5 Nxe4 14.Ncxe4 d5 15.Nc3 exd4
16.Bxd4 Bxg5 17.Qg4 Bf6 18.Rae1 Bxc2 19.Rc1 Be4 20.Ncxe4 Bxd4 21.Ng5 Bxb2
22.Bxd5 Nf6 23.Qh4 Rf8 24.Rc2 Be5 25.Ba2 h6 26.Nf3 Rad8 27.Nf5 Bf4 28.Re1 Rfe8
29.Rce2 Rxe2 30.Rxe2 Nd5 31.Bxd5 cxd5 32.Qg4 g6 33.N5d4 h5 34.Qh4 Bd6 35.Qf6 Bf8
36.Ne5 Bg7 37.Qf4 Re8 38.Nxg6  1-0

[Event "1st WMSG Blitz Ind"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Ghaem Maghami,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[ECO "A70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 a6 5.a4 exd5 6.cxd5 d6 7.Nc3 g6 8.h3 Bg7 9.e4 O-O
10.Bd3 Re8 11.O-O c4 12.Bc2 Nbd7 13.Re1 Rb8 14.Bf4 Qc7 15.Qd2 b5 16.axb5 axb5
17.Nd4 Rb6 18.Ndxb5 Qb8 19.Nxd6 Rxd6 20.e5 Nxe5 21.Bxe5 Rxe5 22.Rxe5 Rd8
23.Ree1 Bb7 24.Rad1 Ba8 25.Ba4 h5 26.d6 Bf8 27.d7 Qb7 28.f3 Bb4 29.Kh1 Kg7
30.Qd4 Qc7 31.Re8 Rxd7 32.Bxd7 Qg3 33.Rxa8 h4 34.Qxf6+  1-0

[Event "1st WMSG Blitz Ind"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Korobov,A"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "D40"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nf3 a6 6.a3 Nc6 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.b4 Bd6
9.Bb2 a5 10.c5 axb4 11.axb4 Rxa1 12.Qxa1 Be7 13.Qa3 O-O 14.Bb5 Bd7 15.O-O b6
16.Qa4 Qc7 17.Nd4 Nxd4 18.exd4 bxc5 19.bxc5 Rb8 20.Ba3 Bxb5 21.Nxb5 Qc6 22.Rb1 Ne4
23.Rb3 e5 24.Nc3 Qc8 25.Nxd5 Bd8 26.Qe8+  1-0

[Event "1st WMSG Blitz Ind"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Gurevich,M1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[ECO "A88"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 f5 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 Nf6 6.O-O O-O 7.d5 c6 8.Nc3 Qe8 9.Qc2 e5
10.dxe6 Bxe6 11.b3 Na6 12.a3 Nc7 13.Bf4 Qe7 14.Rad1 Rad8 15.Rd2 d5 16.cxd5 Ncxd5
17.Nxd5 Bxd5 18.b4 Ne4 19.Rd3 a6 20.Rfd1 h6 21.Be3 Rfe8 22.Nd2 Nf6 23.Nc4 Bxg2
24.Rxd8 Rxd8 25.Rxd8+ Qxd8 26.Kxg2 Ng4 27.Bc5 Qd5+ 28.f3 Ne5 29.Na5 b5 30.Bf2 Kf7
31.e4 fxe4 32.fxe4 Qd7 33.Qb3+ Qe6 34.Qxe6+ Kxe6 35.Bd4 Bf6 36.Bxe5 Kxe5
37.Nxc6+ Kxe4 38.Nb8 Bb2 39.Nxa6 Kd5 40.Nc7+ Kc4 41.Ne8 Bxa3 42.Nd6+ Kxb4
43.Nf7 Bc1 44.Ne5 Kc3 45.Nxg6 b4 46.Ne7 b3 47.Nd5+ Kc4 48.Nb6+ Kb5 49.Nd5 Bd2  0-1

[Event "1st WMSG Blitz Ind"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Zhou Jianchao"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "D34"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.g3 Nf6 7.Bg2 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.Bg5 c4 10.Ne5 Be6 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.b3 Qa5 13.Qd2 Bb4 14.Bxf6 gxf6 15.Rfc1 Rac8
16.bxc4 dxc4 17.a3 Bxc3 18.Qxc3 Qxc3 19.Rxc3 Rfd8 20.e3 c5 21.d5 Bxd5 22.Bxd5 Rxd5
23.Rxc4 Rb8 24.Ra2 Rb3 25.Kg2 Kf8 26.Ra4 Rb7 27.Rc2 Ke7 28.Ra5 Rc7 29.e4 Re5
30.Rc4 f5 31.exf5 Rxf5 32.Ra6 Rf6 33.Re4+ Re6 34.Rexe6+ fxe6 35.Kf3 Rd7 36.Ke2 Rb7
37.Kd3 Kf6 38.Kc4 Rb2 39.Rxa7 h5 40.Rh7 Kg6 41.Rc7 Rxf2 42.h4 Rf3 43.a4 Rxg3
44.a5 Rg4+ 45.Kxc5 Rxh4 46.Re7 Kf6 47.Rh7 Rh1 48.a6 Kg6 49.Re7 Kf6 50.Rh7 e5
51.a7 Ra1 52.Kb6 Kg6 53.Re7 Kf5 54.Rf7+ Kg5 55.Re7 Kf6 56.Re8 h4 57.Ra8 Kf5
58.Kc5 Kf4 59.Rf8+ Kg3 60.Kd5 h3 61.Ke4 h2 62.Rg8+ Kf2 63.Rh8 Kg2 64.Kxe5 h1=Q
65.Rxh1 Kxh1 66.Ke4  1/2-1/2

[Event "1st WMSG Blitz Ind"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Adianto,U"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[ECO "D13"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bf4 Ne4 7.e3 Qa5 8.Qb3 Nxc3
9.bxc3 e6 10.Bb5 a6 11.Bxc6+ bxc6 12.O-O Be7 13.c4 f6 14.c5 Qd8 15.Rab1 g5
16.Bg3 h5 17.h4 g4 18.Nd2 Bd7 19.Qa3 f5 20.Be5 O-O 21.g3 Rf7 22.Rb6 Kh7 23.Rfb1 Bf6
24.Rb8 Rxb8 25.Rxb8 Bc8 26.Bxf6 Rxf6 27.Nb3 Qc7 28.Qb4 Rf7 29.Qb6 Qd7 30.Na5 e5
31.Qxc6 exd4 32.exd4 Qe7 33.Qxc8 Qe1+ 34.Kg2 Qe4+ 35.Kh2 Qxd4 36.Qg8+ Kh6
37.Rb6+ Rf6 38.Rxf6+ Qxf6 39.Qg5+  1-0

[Event "1st WMSG Blitz Ind"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Wang Yue"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "D32"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Bxe7 Ngxe7 8.e3 c4
9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O Rb8 11.a4 a6 12.Ne5 Be6 13.Nxc6 bxc6 14.Qd2 a5 15.f3 Rb4
16.Na2 Rb7 17.Rab1 Qb6 18.Rfd1 Qa7 19.e4 Rfb8 20.Nc3 Rb4 21.Rdc1 Rd8 22.exd5 cxd5
23.Nb5 Qb6 24.Bd1 Bd7 25.Nc3 Rb8 26.Bc2 h6 27.Re1 Qd6 28.Qe3 Nf5 29.Bxf5 Bxf5
30.Rbc1 Rxb2 31.Qe5 Qg6 32.g4 Be6 33.Nxd5 Bxd5 34.Qxd5 Qd3 35.Qe5 Qd2 36.Qg3 Qxd4+
37.Kh1 c3 38.Red1 Qc5 39.Re1 Rd8 40.Qf4 Qf2 41.Qg3 Rd3 42.Rf1 Rdd2 43.Rfe1 Qg1+
44.Kxg1 Rxh2 45.Kf1 Rbg2 46.Rxc3 Rxg3 47.Re7 g5 48.Re5 Kg7 49.Rf5 Rhh3 50.Kf2 Rh1
51.Ke3 Rh2 52.Kd4 Rd2+ 53.Kc5 Rd7 54.Kb6 Rd4 55.Rc4 Rxf3 56.Kc5 Kg6 57.Kxd4 Rd3+
58.Kxd3 h5 59.Rxf7 hxg4 60.Ke2 g3 61.Rh4 gxh4 62.Kf1 h3 63.Rg7+  0-1

[Event "1st WMSG Blitz Ind"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.04"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kravtsiv,M"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6 4.f4 Qa5 5.Bd3 e5 6.fxe5 dxe5 7.dxe5 Ng4 8.Qe2 Nxe5
9.Nf3 Bg4 10.Bd2 Nbd7 11.O-O-O Qc7 12.h3 Bh5 13.Kb1 Bd6 14.g4 Nxf3 15.Qxf3 Bg6
16.Ne2 Ne5 17.Qe3 f6 18.Nd4 Bf7 19.Nf5 O-O-O 20.Qxa7 g6 21.Ba5 b6 22.Ba6+  1-0

[Event "1st WMSG Blitz Ind"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.04"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Socko,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[ECO "E14"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 b6 5.a3 Bxd2+ 6.Qxd2 Bb7 7.e3 O-O 8.Be2 d6
9.O-O Qe7 10.b4 Ne4 11.Qc2 f5 12.Ne1 Nd7 13.f3 Nef6 14.Bb2 a5 15.Nd3 axb4
16.axb4 e5 17.d5 Rfb8 18.Nf2 g6 19.e4 f4 20.Nd3 g5 21.c5 bxc5 22.bxc5 Nxc5
23.Nxc5 dxc5 24.Rxa8 Bxa8 25.Ba3 Nd7 26.Rc1 Bb7 27.Bb5 Ra8 28.Bb2 Re8 29.Bxd7 Qxd7
30.Qxc5 Re7 31.h3 Qd6 32.Qc3 Qb6+ 33.Kh1 Kf7 34.Ba3 Rd7 35.Qxe5 Qf6 36.Bb2 Qxe5
37.Bxe5 Ba6 38.Rxc7 Rxc7 39.Bxc7 Bc4 40.h4 h6 41.Kg1 Kg6 42.Kf2 Kh5 43.hxg5 hxg5
44.Ke1 Kg6 45.Bd8 Bb5 46.e5 Bc4 47.d6 Be6 48.Kd2 g4 49.Kd3 Kf5 50.Kd4 g3
51.Ba5 Kg6 52.Kc5 Kf7 53.Bd2 Bh3 54.Bxf4 Bxg2 55.d7 Ke7 56.Kc6 Bxf3+ 57.Kc7  1-0

[Event "1st WMSG Rapid Ind"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Paragua,M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[ECO "E13"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.Bg5 Bb4 6.Nd2 h6 7.Bh4 O-O 8.e4 d6
9.e5 dxe5 10.dxe5 Qd4 11.exf6 Qxh4 12.fxg7 Rd8 13.Qc2 Nc6 14.Nf3 Nd4 15.Nxd4 Rxd4
16.a3 Be4 17.Qc1 Be7 18.Qe3 Bb7 19.Qg3 Qxg3 20.hxg3 Rad8 21.Be2 Rd2 22.Nd5 Rxe2+
23.Kxe2 exd5 24.cxd5 Bxd5 25.Rxh6 Kxg7 26.Rh5 Bc4+ 27.Ke1 Bc5 28.Rxc5 bxc5
29.Rc1 Re8+ 30.Kd1 Bb3+ 31.Kd2 Rd8+ 32.Kc3 c4 33.Re1 Rd3+ 34.Kb4 Rd2 35.Re7 Rxf2
36.Rxc7 Rxg2 37.Rxa7 Rxb2 38.Kc3 Rg2 39.a4 Rxg3+ 40.Kb4 Rg1 41.a5 Ra1 42.a6 Bd1
43.Rd7 Bg4 44.Rd4 Bc8  0-1

[Event "1st WMSG Rapid Ind"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Markos,J"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "D40"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nf3 a6 6.a3 Nc6 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.b4 Bd6
9.Bb2 a5 10.c5 Be7 11.b5 Nb8 12.Na4 O-O 13.Rc1 Ne4 14.Bd3 f5 15.O-O Nd7 16.c6 bxc6
17.bxc6 Ndc5 18.Nxc5 Nxc5 19.Bb5 Ba6 20.Bxa6 Nxa6 21.Ne5 Bd6 22.Qd4 Qc7 23.Rc2 Qa7
24.Nd7 Qxd4 25.Bxd4 Rfe8 26.Be5 Bxe5 27.Nxe5 Rab8 28.c7 Rbc8 29.Rc6 Nxc7
30.Rfc1 Re7 31.g3 Kf8 32.R6c2 a4 33.h4 g6 34.Nc6 Rd7 35.Na7 Ra8 36.Rxc7 Rxa7
37.Rc8+ Kf7 38.R1c6 Rdb7 39.Rh8 Kf6 40.Re8 Re7 41.Rd8 Rad7 42.Ra8 d4 43.exd4 Rxd4
44.Rca6 Rc7 45.Rxa4 Rd2 46.R8a6 h6 47.Rf4 g5 48.hxg5+ hxg5 49.Rf3 g4 50.Re3 Rc1+
51.Kg2 Rcc2 52.Rexe6+ Kg7 53.Ra7+ Kf8 54.Rf6+ Ke8 55.Rxf5  1-0

[Event "1st WMSG Rapid Ind"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Gonzalez Garcia,J2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2508"]
[ECO "D44"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 c6 5.a4 e6 6.e4 Bb4 7.Bg5 c5 8.Bxc4 cxd4
9.Nxd4 h6 10.Bh4 Nc6 11.Nxc6 Qxd1+ 12.Rxd1 bxc6 13.f3 Nd7 14.O-O O-O 15.Na2 Bc5+
16.Bf2 Be7 17.b4 Nb6 18.Bb3 Ba6 19.Rfe1 Rfd8 20.a5 Nd7 21.Bg3 c5 22.Bc7 cxb4
23.Bxd8 Rxd8 24.Ba4 Bc5+ 25.Kh1 Bf2 26.Nxb4 Bxe1 27.Nxa6 Bxa5 28.Bxd7 Kf8
29.g3 Ke7 30.Ba4 Rxd1+ 31.Bxd1 Kd6 32.f4 e5 33.Kg2 exf4 34.gxf4 g5 35.Kf3 Kc6
36.Ba4+ Kb6 37.Nb8 gxf4 38.Nd7+ Kc7 39.Ne5  1-0

[Event "1st WMSG Rapid Ind"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "B09"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 c5 6.Bb5+ Bd7 7.e5 Ng4 8.e6 Bxb5
9.exf7+ Kxf7 10.Ng5+ Ke8 11.Ne6 Bxd4 12.Nxd8 Bf2+ 13.Kd2 Be3+ 14.Ke1 Bf2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "1st WMSG Rapid Ind"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Sandipan,C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[ECO "E61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 O-O 5.Bg5 d6 6.e3 Bf5 7.Nd2 e5 8.d5 h6 9.Bh4 g5
10.Bg3 e4 11.h4 Nbd7 12.hxg5 hxg5 13.Nb3 Qe7 14.Qd2 Ne5 15.O-O-O Nfd7 16.Be2 Bg6
17.f3 Nb6 18.Na5 Qd7 19.b3 exf3 20.gxf3 Qf5 21.f4 Ned7 22.e4 Qf6 23.e5 dxe5
24.fxg5 Qe7 25.Nb5 Nc5 26.Qe3 Ne4 27.Be1 a6 28.d6 cxd6 29.Nc3 d5 30.Bd3 d4
31.Qxe4 dxc3 32.Qg2 e4  0-1

[Event "1st WMSG Rapid Ind"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Livshits,G"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2427"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6 4.g3 Qc7 5.Bg2 e5 6.Nf3 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.h3 Nbd7
9.a4 Re8 10.Re1 b6 11.b3 a6 12.Bb2 Bb7 13.Qd2 b5 14.a5 Bf8 15.Nh4 g6 16.b4 exd4
17.Qxd4 c5 18.bxc5 dxc5 19.Qd2 Ne5 20.Nd5 Nxd5 21.Bxe5 Rxe5 22.exd5 Rd8 23.Rxe5 Qxe5
24.Re1 Qf6 25.Kh2 g5 26.Nf3 Rxd5 27.Qe3 Rf5 28.Ne5 Rxf2 29.Re2 Rxe2 30.Qxe2 Bxg2
31.Ng4 Qf1 32.Qxg2 Qxg2+ 33.Kxg2 Bg7  0-1

[Event "1st WMSG Rapid Ind"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Socko,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Qa4+ Nc6 6.e3 O-O 7.a3 Be7 8.b4 a6
9.Bb2 Re8 10.Qc2 dxc4 11.Bxc4 b5 12.Bd3 Bb7 13.Ne4 Nd7 14.O-O h6 15.Rfd1 Bf8
16.Rac1 Rc8 17.Nfd2 f5 18.Nc3 Nb6 19.Nb3 Qg5 20.g3 Nc4 21.Bxc4 bxc4 22.Nd2 Ne7
23.Nxc4 Bf3 24.Ne5 Bxd1 25.Qxd1 Ng6 26.Nf3 Qd8 27.Qa4 Ra8 28.Qb3 Kh7 29.h4 Bd6
30.Na4 Ra7 31.Nc5 Qa8 32.Nd2 Qd5 33.Qxd5 exd5 34.Ndb3 Nf8 35.h5 Kg8 36.Na5 Ne6
37.Nxe6 Rxe6 38.Kf1 Kf7 39.Ke2 Kf6 40.Nc6 Ra8 41.Ne5 a5 42.b5 a4 43.Rb1 Ree8
44.Nc6 Kg5 45.Rh1 Kf6 46.Kd3 Ke6 47.Rg1 Rf8 48.f3 Rae8 49.f4 Rf7 50.g4 fxg4
51.Rxg4 Rd7 52.Rg6+ Kf7 53.Ne7 Be5 54.dxe5 Rdxe7 55.f5 Rxe5 56.Bxe5 Rxe5
57.Rc6 d4 58.Rxc7+ Kf6 59.Rc6+ Kg5 60.exd4 Rxb5 61.Ke4 Rb3 62.Rg6+ Kxh5 63.Rxg7 Rxa3
64.f6 Ra1 65.d5 Rf1 66.Ke5 Re1+ 67.Kd6 Rf1 68.Ke7 Re1+ 69.Kf8 Rd1 70.f7 Rxd5
71.Ke7 Rf5 72.f8=Q Rxf8 73.Kxf8 Kh4 74.Kf7 h5 75.Kf6 Kh3 76.Kg5 h4 77.Rh7  1-0

[Event "1st WMSG Rapid Ind"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Le Quang Liem"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "D52"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.d4 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.e3 Bb4 7.cxd5 cxd5 8.Bd3 O-O
9.O-O h6 10.Bh4 Be7 11.Rc1 a6 12.Na4 b6 13.Bg3 Ra7 14.Qc2 b5 15.Nc5 Nh5 16.Be5 Nxe5
17.dxe5 Rc7 18.b4 g5 19.Nd4 Ng7 20.a4 bxa4 21.Qxa4 Bxc5 22.bxc5 f6 23.Nf3 Bd7
24.c6 Be8 25.Bxa6 fxe5 26.Nxe5 Qd6 27.f4 Nf5 28.Rc3 Ne7 29.Bb5 Ng6 30.Nxg6 Bxg6
31.Qd4 g4 32.Rfc1 Rb8 33.Be2 h5 34.h3 gxh3 35.gxh3 Kf7 36.Rc5 Rg8 37.Kf2 Qe7
38.Ke1 Qh4+ 39.Kd2 Ra8 40.Rb5 Ra2+ 41.Rb2 Rxb2+ 42.Qxb2 Qxh3 43.Qb6 Re7 44.c7 d4
45.Qxd4 e5 46.Qd5+ Kg7 47.c8=Q  1-0

[Event "1st WMSG Rapid Ind"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Ghaem Maghami,E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[ECO "D39"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.Bg5 Bb4 6.Qa4+ Nc6 7.e4 Bd7 8.Qc2 b5
9.e5 h6 10.exf6 hxg5 11.fxg7 Rg8 12.Qh7 Ne7 13.Ne5 c5 14.Be2 Qc7 15.Nxf7 cxd4
16.Bh5 Bc6 17.O-O Kd7 18.Rad1 Nf5 19.Rfe1 Rxg7 20.Rxd4+ Kc8 21.Qh8+ Kb7 22.Rd8 Rxf7
23.Rxa8 Rh7 24.Rb8+ Ka6 25.Rc8 Rxh8 26.Rxc7 Kb6 27.Rxc6+ Kxc6 28.Rxe6+ Bd6
29.Be8+ Kc5 30.Bg6 Bxh2+ 31.Kf1 Nd4 32.Ne4+ Kd5 33.Ra6 Bc7 34.Rxa7 Rh1+  0-1

[Event "38th Olympiad"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2008.11.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Kristjansson,St"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[ECO "A70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.h3 Bg7 8.Nf3 O-O
9.Bd3 b5 10.Bxb5 Nxe4 11.Nxe4 Qa5+ 12.Nfd2 Qxb5 13.Nxd6 Qa6 14.N2c4 Nd7 15.O-O Nb6
16.Nxb6 Qxb6 17.Nxc8 Raxc8 18.Re1 Rfe8 19.Rxe8+ Rxe8 20.Rb1 Bd4 21.Bf4 Qf6
22.Qf3 Qf5 23.Rd1 Re4 24.Bd6 Qxd5 25.Bxc5 Qe5 26.Bxd4 Rxd4 27.Rxd4 Qxd4 28.g3 h5
29.h4 Qa4 30.a3 a6 31.Qd3 Kh7 32.Qd6 Kg8 33.b3 Qb5 34.a4 Qe2 35.Qd8+ Kh7
36.Qd5 Kg8 37.Kg2 Qe8 38.a5 Qb8 39.Qc4 Qb7+ 40.Kg1 Kh7 41.b4 Kg8 42.Qc5  1-0

[Event "38th Olympiad"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2008.11.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mastrovasilis,D"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "C10"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.c3 c5 8.Ne5 a6
9.Be3 Qc7 10.Qa4+ Nd7 11.Bb5 cxd4 12.Bxd7+ Bxd7 13.Qxd4 Bb5 14.a4 Bd6 15.Nxf7 Kxf7
16.axb5 axb5 17.Ke2 b4 18.Rxa8 Rxa8 19.Rc1 Be7 20.cxb4 Qxh2 21.Qg4 Qe5 22.Qf3+ Kg6
23.Qg4+ Kf7 24.Qf3+ Kg6 25.Qxb7 Qxb2+ 26.Kf1 Ra1 27.Rxa1 Qxa1+ 28.Ke2 Qb2+
29.Bd2 Qe5+ 30.Kf1 Bd6 31.Qc6 Qd4 32.Qc3 Qe4 33.f3 Qd5 34.Ke2 Kf7 35.Qd3 Qe5+
36.Kf1 h6 37.Bc3 Qf4 38.b5 Be5 39.Qd7+ Kf6 40.Qd8+ Kg6 41.Bxe5 Qxe5 42.Qe8+ Kh7
43.Qc6 Qa1+ 44.Ke2 Qb2+ 45.Kd1 Qd4+ 46.Kc2 Qa4+ 47.Kc3 Qa1+ 48.Kc4 Qc1+ 49.Kb4 Qb2+
50.Kc5 h5 51.Qe4+ g6 52.b6 Qxg2 53.b7 Qg3 54.f4 Qc3+ 55.Kd6 Qb2 56.Kc7 Qg7+
57.Kc6 Qc3+ 58.Kd6 Qb2 59.Qc6 Kh6 60.Kc7 Qg7+ 61.Kd8 Qf8+  1-0

[Event "38th Olympiad"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2008.11.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Mabusela,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2273"]
[ECO "E46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Ne2 d5 6.a3 Bd6 7.c5 Be7 8.b4 b6 9.f4 c6
10.Ng3 a5 11.Rb1 axb4 12.axb4 Nbd7 13.Bd3 Ba6 14.O-O g6 15.Rf2 Bxd3 16.Qxd3 b5
17.h3 Qc7 18.Nf1 Ra7 19.g4 Ne8 20.Nd2 f5 21.Rg2 Ng7 22.Nf3 Nf6 23.Nxb5 cxb5
24.Qxb5 Ne4 25.Qd3 Rb8 26.Rc2 Qc8 27.b5 fxg4 28.hxg4 e5 29.Nxe5 Bf6 30.Qd1 Bxe5
31.dxe5 Kh8 32.c6 Rc7 33.Ba3 Qe6 34.Kg2 h5 35.Bd6 Nxd6 36.exd6 Qxd6 37.Qd4 hxg4
38.Rc5 Rxb5 39.Rbxb5 Rxc6 40.Rb7  1-0

[Event "38th Olympiad"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2008.11.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lam Mingo Kwok Wai"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1665"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "B00"]

1.e4 d6 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 c6 4.Nc3 d5 5.exd5 cxd5 6.Bb5+ Nc6 7.d4 Qb6 8.Nge2 Bf5
9.Bg5 e6 10.f3 h6 11.Bf4 a6 12.Bd3 Bxd3 13.Qxd3 Be7 14.g4 Rc8 15.O-O-O Qa5
16.Kb1 b5 17.Rc1 Nd7 18.Bd2 Nb4 19.Qe3 Nb6 20.a3 Nc4 21.axb4 Qxb4  0-1

[Event "38th Olympiad"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2008.11.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Jakovenko,D"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "D27"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bd3 dxc4 6.Bxc4 c5 7.O-O a6 8.dxc5 Qxd1
9.Rxd1 Bxc5 10.b3 Nbd7 11.Bb2 b6 12.Be2 Bb7 13.Nbd2 Ke7 14.Ne1 b5 15.a4 bxa4
16.Nd3 Rhc8 17.Nxc5 Nxc5 18.Ba3 Nd7 19.bxa4 Kf6 20.a5 Kg6 21.Rac1 Na4 22.Bd3+ f5
23.Nc4 Ndc5 24.Ne5+ Kh6 25.Bc4 Rc7 26.Rd6 Rac8 27.Bxe6 Nxe6 28.Rxe6+ Kh5
29.Rxc7 Rxc7 30.h3 Nc5 31.Bxc5 Rxc5 32.Nd3 Rc7 33.Nf4+ Kg5 34.Kh2 Bc8 35.Rxa6 Rc2
36.Rb6 g6 37.Kg3 Kh6 38.h4 Kg7 39.h5 g5 40.Ne6+ Bxe6 41.Rxe6 Ra2 42.a6 Ra3
43.Kf3 Ra4 44.Rc6 Ra2 45.h6+ Kf7 46.g4 fxg4+ 47.Kxg4 Rxf2 48.Kxg5 Ra2 49.e4 Ra5+
50.Kf4 Ke7 51.e5 Ra1 52.Ke4 Kd7 53.Rd6+ Ke7 54.Kd4 Rc1 55.Kd5 Ra1 56.Rb6 Kd7
57.Rb7+ Kc8 58.Rxh7 Rxa6 59.Rh8+ Kd7 60.h7  1-0

[Event "38th Olympiad"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2008.11.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Geetha Narayanan,G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 c5 8.Rb1 O-O
9.Be2 Nc6 10.d5 Ne5 11.Nxe5 Bxe5 12.Qd2 e6 13.f4 Bc7 14.O-O exd5 15.exd5 Ba5
16.d6 b6 17.Bb2 Bf5 18.Rbd1 Qd7 19.Bf3 Rad8 20.Rfe1 Rfe8 21.h3 c4 22.Ba3 b5
23.Re7 Qc8 24.Bd5 Rxe7 25.dxe7 Re8 26.g4 Bd3 27.f5 Qd7 28.Bg2 b4 29.f6 Kh8
30.Qh6 Rg8 31.Re1 Be2 32.Bxb4 Bxb4 33.cxb4 c3 34.Rxe2 c2 35.Qc1 Qd4+ 36.Kh1 Qd1+
37.Re1  1-0

[Event "XXI Carlos Torre KO"]
[Site "Merida MEX"]
[Date "2008.12.17"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Ibarra Chami,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2389"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Rb1 O-O
9.Be2 cxd4 10.cxd4 Qa5+ 11.Bd2 Qxa2 12.O-O Bg4 13.Bg5 h6 14.Be3 Nc6 15.d5 Bxf3
16.Bxf3 Ne5 17.Rxb7 Nxf3+ 18.Qxf3 Qa3 19.h4 Rfb8 20.Bxa7 Qxf3 21.Rxb8+ Rxb8
22.gxf3 Rb7 23.Be3 Bf6 24.h5 gxh5 25.f4 Bc3 26.Rc1 Rb3 27.Kg2 Kf8 28.Rh1 Rb5
29.f5 e6 30.Bxh6+ Ke7 31.fxe6 fxe6 32.Rxh5 exd5 33.exd5 Kf7 34.Bf4 Bf6 35.Rh7+ Kg6
36.Rd7 Kf5 37.Bg3 Rb3 38.Rf7 Kg6 39.Rf8 Rd3 40.d6 Kg7 41.Re8 Kf7 42.Re4 Bg7
43.Re7+ Kf8 44.Rb7 Bf6 45.Kf1 Rd2 46.Ke1 Bc3 47.Rb3 Ba5 48.Kf1 Kf7 49.Rb7+ Ke6
50.Re7+ Kf6 51.Re2 Rd1+ 52.Kg2 Rd3 53.Re4 Kf5 54.Re5+ Kg4 55.f3+  1-0

[Event "XXI Carlos Torre KO"]
[Site "Merida MEX"]
[Date "2008.12.17"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ibarra Chami,L"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2389"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "C10"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.c3 c5 8.Ne5 a6
9.Qa4+ Bd7 10.Nxd7 Qxd7 11.Qxd7+ Kxd7 12.dxc5 Bxc5 13.Be2 Rad8 14.Bg5 h6
15.Bxf6 gxf6 16.Bf3 Kc7 17.Ke2 Rd7 18.Rhd1 Rhd8 19.Ke1 f5 20.Rxd7+ Rxd7 21.Rd1 Rxd1+
22.Bxd1 Bd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXI Carlos Torre KO"]
[Site "Merida MEX"]
[Date "2008.12.18"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Shulman,Y"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "D58"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 O-O 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 b6 8.Be2 Bb7
9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.cxd5 exd5 11.b4 c5 12.bxc5 bxc5 13.Rb1 Bc6 14.O-O Nd7 15.Bb5 Qc7
16.Qb3 cxd4 17.Nxd5 Bxd5 18.Qxd5 Nb6 19.Qf5 Qc8 20.Qxc8 Raxc8 21.exd4 Rfd8
22.a4 Rc3 23.Rfc1 Ra3 24.Rc7 Nd5 25.Rd7 Rxd7 26.Bxd7 Nc3 27.Rb8+ Kh7 28.g3 Ne2+
29.Kg2 Nxd4 30.Nxd4 Bxd4 31.Rf8 Kg6 32.Be8 Kf6 33.Rxf7+ Ke6 34.Rf4 Rc3 35.Re4+ Kd6
36.Re2 Rb3 37.Rd2 Kc5 38.Rc2+ Rc3 39.Re2 Kd6 40.h4 Rb3 41.Rd2 Kc5 42.Rc2+ Kd6
43.Rc4 Rd3 44.Kf1 Be5 45.Bb5 Rc3 46.Re4 Rc2 47.Be2 Rd2 48.f4 Bf6 49.Bg4 Kc5
50.Re6 Rd6 51.Re1 Rd4 52.Rc1+ Rc4 53.Rxc4+ Kxc4 54.Ke2 Kd4 55.Kf3 a5 56.Be6 Kc5
57.Ke4 Bc3 58.h5 Kd6 59.Kf5 Ke7 60.Bc4 Kf8 61.g4 Bd2 62.Ke5 Bc1 63.Ke4 Ke7
64.Kf5 Kf8 65.g5 Bd2 66.Bd5 Bc1 67.gxh6 gxh6 68.Ke4 Ke7 69.Bb3 Bd2 70.Kf5 Bc1
71.Bc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXI Carlos Torre KO"]
[Site "Merida MEX"]
[Date "2008.12.18"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Shulman,Y"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c6 4.Qc2 Nf6 5.g3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 b5 7.Qc2 Bb7 8.Bg2 Nbd7
9.a4 c5 10.O-O cxd4 11.Nxd4 Bxg2 12.Kxg2 Rc8 13.Qd3 b4 14.Nd2 Be7 15.N2b3 O-O
16.Bd2 Nc5 17.Nxc5 Bxc5 18.Nb3 Qxd3 19.exd3 Nd5 20.Rfc1 Be7 21.a5 Bf6 22.d4 Rfd8
23.Kf3 Kf8 24.Ke4 Ke7 25.Rxc8 Rxc8 26.Rc1 Rxc1 27.Nxc1 Kd7 28.Kd3 Bd8 29.Nb3 Kc6
30.Kc4 Be7 31.Nc1 Bd8 32.Bxb4 Nxb4 33.Kxb4 Kd5 34.Kb5 Kxd4 35.b4 Kc3 36.Na2+ Kb3
37.Ka6 Bf6 38.Kxa7 Bd4+ 39.Kb7 Bxf2 40.a6 Ka4 41.Kc6 e5 42.b5 Ka5 43.Nc1 e4
44.Nb3+ Kb4 45.b6 Kxb3 46.a7 e3 47.b7 e2 48.b8=Q+ Kc2 49.a8=Q e1=Q 50.Qa2+ Kd3
51.Qbb1+  1-0

[Event "XXI Carlos Torre KO"]
[Site "Merida MEX"]
[Date "2008.12.19"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Moiseenko,A1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 d6 7.Nf3 Nbd7 8.e3 b6
9.Be2 Bb7 10.O-O Ne4 11.Qc2 f5 12.b4 Rf6 13.d5 Rg6 14.Bb2 c5 15.bxc5 Ndxc5
16.Rad1 Qe7 17.g3 Rf8 18.Bc1 e5 19.Kh1 Rh6 20.Nd2 Bc8 21.Bf3 Bd7 22.Rde1 Qf7
23.Kg1 Ba4 24.Qb1 Nxd2 25.Bxd2 e4 26.Be2 g5 27.Bb4 g4 28.Bxc5 dxc5 29.h4 gxh3
30.Kh2 Be8 31.f3 exf3 32.Rxf3 Rf6 33.Ref1 Bd7 34.Bd3 Kh8 35.Qb2 Qg7 36.e4 Rg8
37.exf5 Be8 38.Re3 Bh5 39.Qf2 Bg4 40.Re6 h5 41.Qf4 Rgf8 42.Rf2 Kg8 43.Qe5 Qg5
44.Qf4 Qg7 45.Qe3 Kh8 46.Rf4 Kg8 47.Qe5 Rxe6 48.Qxg7+ Kxg7 49.fxe6 Rxf4 50.gxf4 Kf6
51.Kg3 Ke7 52.a4 Bd1 53.Kxh3 Bxa4 54.Kh4 Be8 55.Kg5 a5 56.f5 a4 57.f6+ Kd6
58.f7 Ke7 59.d6+ Kf8 60.Kf6 Bxf7 61.exf7  1-0

[Event "XXI Carlos Torre KO"]
[Site "Merida MEX"]
[Date "2008.12.19"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Moiseenko,A1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[ECO "E35"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 c5 7.Nf3 h6 8.Bxf6 Qxf6
9.a3 Bf5 10.Qa4+ Bd7 11.Qb3 Bxc3+ 12.Qxc3 O-O 13.Qxc5 Rc8 14.Qxd5 Qb6 15.b4 a5
16.b5 Be6 17.Qe4 Qxb5 18.Qb1 Qc6 19.Qb2 Bd5 20.e3 Bxf3 21.gxf3 Qxf3 22.Rg1 Nd7
23.Rg3 Qc6 24.Bb5 Qd5 25.Bxd7 Qxd7 26.d5  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXI Carlos Torre KO"]
[Site "Merida MEX"]
[Date "2008.12.19"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Moiseenko,A1"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "D56"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 O-O 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 Ne4 8.Bxe7 Qxe7
9.Rc1 Nxc3 10.Rxc3 c6 11.Bd3 dxc4 12.Bxc4 Nd7 13.O-O b6 14.Bd3 c5 15.Be4 Rb8
16.Qa4 Bb7 17.Bxb7 Rxb7 18.Rfc1 Rc7 19.h3 Rfc8 20.Qa3 a5 21.Nd2 Qd8 22.Nb3 cxd4
23.Nxd4 Rxc3 24.Rxc3 Rxc3 25.Qxc3 Nc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXI Carlos Torre KO"]
[Site "Merida MEX"]
[Date "2008.12.19"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Moiseenko,A1"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.Qc2 Nc6
9.Rd1 Qa5 10.Be2 Nb4 11.Qb3 dxc4 12.Bxc4 Nbd5 13.Be5 Qb4 14.O-O Qxb3 15.axb3 b6
16.Nxd5 Nxd5 17.Bxd5 exd5 18.Rxd5 f6 19.Bd6 Rd8 20.Rfd1 Be6 21.R5d3 Bxb3
22.Rxb3 Rxd6 23.Rxd6 Bxd6 24.Rc3 Kf7  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXI Carlos Torre KO"]
[Site "Merida MEX"]
[Date "2008.12.20"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Onischuk,Al"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Nf3 Bb7 8.e3 d5
9.b4 c5 10.dxc5 bxc5 11.Bb2 Nbd7 12.cxd5 Bxd5 13.Be2 Qb6 14.O-O cxb4 15.axb4 Rfb8
16.b5 a6 17.Ra5  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXI Carlos Torre KO"]
[Site "Merida MEX"]
[Date "2008.12.20"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Onischuk,Al"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "D34"]

1.c4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nf3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.g3 Nc6 6.Bg2 Nf6 7.O-O Be7 8.Nc3 O-O
9.Bg5 c4 10.Ne5 Be6 11.f4 Ng4 12.Nxg4 Bxg4 13.Bxd5 Bxg5 14.fxg5 Qxg5 15.Rf4 Rad8
16.Qd2 Bh3 17.e4 Qe7 18.Qf2 Be6 19.Rf1 Nb4 20.Bxe6 Qxe6 21.d5 Qe7 22.Qxa7 Nd3
23.Rf5 g6 24.Rf6 Nxb2 25.Qd4 Nd3 26.Qxc4 Ne5 27.Qd4 Rd6 28.Rxd6 Qxd6 29.Nb5 Qd7
30.Qxe5 Qxb5 31.Qd4 Rc8 32.d6 Qd7 33.Rd1 h5 34.Kg2 h4 35.Qd3 h3+ 36.Kg1 Qa4
37.d7 Rd8 38.Rd2 Qc6 39.Kf2 Qb6+ 40.Kf3 Qf6+ 41.Ke3 Qg5+ 42.Ke2 Qg4+ 43.Kf2 Qe6
44.Qd5 Qf6+ 45.Ke3 Qb6+ 46.Kf3 Qg1 47.Kg4 Qf1 48.Qd3 Qg1 49.Kxh3 Kg7 50.Qd4+ f6
51.Qxg1  1-0

[Event "XXI Carlos Torre KO"]
[Site "Merida MEX"]
[Date "2008.12.20"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Onischuk,Al"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.c5 c6 8.h3 b6 9.b4 a5
10.a3 Ba6 11.Bxa6 Rxa6 12.b5 cxb5 13.c6 Qc8 14.c7 b4 15.Nb5 a4 16.axb4 Bxb4+
17.Ke2 Ra5 18.Qd3 Qa6 19.Bd6 Bxd6 20.Nxd6 Qxd3+ 21.Kxd3 Ne4 22.c8=Q Rxc8
23.Nxc8 Nxf2+ 24.Kc3 Nxh1 25.Rxh1 Kf8 26.Kb4 Ra8 27.Nd6 Ke7 28.Nb5 Rc8 29.Kxa4 Rc2
30.g4 f6 31.Rh2 Rc1 32.Re2 Rh1 33.h4 Rf1 34.Nh2 Rg1 35.Nc3 Rg3 36.Kb4 Nb8
37.Kb5 Nd7 38.Kc6 g6 39.Kb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXI Carlos Torre KO"]
[Site "Merida MEX"]
[Date "2008.12.20"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Onischuk,Al"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bg4 5.h3 Bxf3 6.Qxf3 e6 7.Nc3 Nbd7 8.Bd3 Bd6
9.Bd2 O-O 10.g4 dxc4 11.Bxc4 Nd5 12.Bb3 Qe7 13.e4 Nxc3 14.bxc3 e5 15.Kf1 c5
16.d5 b5 17.c4 b4 18.h4 a5 19.a4 f6 20.Ke2 Rf7 21.Rag1 Nf8 22.h5 h6 23.Qf5 Nh7
24.Qg6 Nf8 25.Qf5 Nh7 26.Qg6 Nf8  1/2-1/2

[Event "XXI Carlos Torre KO"]
[Site "Merida MEX"]
[Date "2008.12.20"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Onischuk,Al"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "D33"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.g3 c4 7.Bg2 Bb4 8.O-O Nge7
9.a3 Bxc3 10.bxc3 O-O 11.Nd2 Be6 12.Re1 b5 13.Rb1 Rb8 14.e4 a5 15.Nf1 dxe4
16.Bxe4 Nd5 17.Qc2 h6 18.Ne3 Nce7 19.Bg2 Qd7 20.Nxd5 Nxd5 21.Re5 Rfc8 22.Bd2 b4
23.axb4 axb4 24.Bxd5 Bxd5 25.Rxb4 Rxb4 26.cxb4 f6 27.Qf5 Qxf5 28.Rxf5 Rd8
29.h4 Kf7 30.h5 Ke6 31.Rf4 Ra8 32.Kf1 Ra3 33.Ke2 c3 34.Be3 c2 35.Bc1 Rb3
36.Kd2 Rxb4 37.Kxc2 Ra4 38.Be3 Ra1 39.Rg4 Kf7 40.Rh4 Rh1 41.Rxh1 Bxh1 42.Kd3 Bf3
43.Bd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "18th North American Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2008.12.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zierk,S"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2240"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Bd3 e5 4.Ne2 exd4 5.Nxd4 g6 6.O-O Bg7 7.Nc3 O-O 8.Bg5 h6
9.Bh4 c6 10.Nb3 b5 11.f4 Nbd7 12.e5 dxe5 13.Bxg6 fxg6 14.fxe5 g5 15.exf6 Nxf6
16.Bg3 b4 17.Qxd8 Rxd8 18.Be5 bxc3 19.Bxf6 cxb2 20.Rab1 Ba6 21.Rf2 Bxf6 22.Rxf6 Rf8
23.Rxf8+ Rxf8 24.Nd2 Rb8 25.Nb3 Bc4 26.Rxb2 a5 27.Rb1 Bd5 28.a3 a4 29.Nd2 Rxb1+
30.Nxb1 Be4 31.Kf2 Bxc2 32.Nc3 Kf7 33.Ke3 Ke6 34.Kd4 Kf5 35.Ne2 Bd1 36.Ng3+ Kf4
37.Ne4 h5 38.g3+ Kf5 39.Nf2 Bc2 40.Kc3 Bb3 41.Kd4 Be6 42.Ne4 Bb3 43.Nc5 Bd1
44.Ne4 h4 45.Nf2 Bf3 46.Kc5 Ke5 47.Nh3 Kf5 48.Nf2 Bd5 49.Kd4 Bg2 50.Ke3 c5
51.Nd3 c4 52.Nf2 Bd5 53.Kd4 Bf7 54.Ke3 Ke5 55.Ne4 hxg3 56.hxg3 g4 57.Nc3 Be8
58.Ne2 Bd7 59.Nc3 Bc6 60.Nd1 Kd5 61.Nc3+ Kc5 62.Ne2 c3 63.Nxc3 Kc4 64.Ne2 Bd7
65.Kd2 Kb3 66.Kc1 Kxa3 67.Kb1 Kb3 68.Nf4 Bf5+ 69.Ka1 Kc3 70.Nd5+ Kd4 71.Nf6 Ke5
72.Nxg4+ Bxg4 73.Ka2 Ke4 74.Ka1 Kf3 75.Ka2 Kxg3 76.Ka1 Kf3 77.Ka2 Ke3 78.Ka1 Be6
79.Kb2 Kd3 80.Ka1 Kc3 81.Kb1 a3  1/2-1/2

[Event "18th North American Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2008.12.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Lein,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2317"]
[ECO "E14"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 b6 5.a3 Bxd2+ 6.Qxd2 Bb7 7.e3 O-O 8.b4 d6
9.Be2 Nbd7 10.O-O Ne4 11.Qc2 f5 12.d5 e5 13.Ne1 g6 14.f3 Nef6 15.e4 f4 16.Nd3 g5
17.c5 Nb8 18.c6 Bc8 19.Bb2 Qe7 20.a4 a6 21.Rf2 Nh5 22.Kf1 Rf6 23.Ke1 Rh6
24.Kd2 g4 25.fxg4 Nf6 26.Nxf4 Bxg4 27.Raf1 exf4 28.Rxf4 Bxe2 29.Kxe2  1-0

[Event "18th North American Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2008.12.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sarkar,J"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2451"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "D35"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.e3 Qb6 7.Bxf6 Qxb2 8.Qc1 Qxc1+
9.Rxc1 gxf6 10.Nxd5 Ba3 11.Rc4 b5 12.Rc2 Be6 13.Nc7+ Kd7 14.Nxa8 Na6 15.Kd1 Nb4
16.Rc3 Bb2 17.Rc2 Nxc2 18.Kxc2 Ba3 19.Kb1 Bf5+ 20.Ka1 Rxa8 21.Ne2 Bb4 22.Kb2 Be1
23.f3 Bf2 24.e4 Be6 25.d5 cxd5 26.exd5 Bxd5 27.Nc3 Bc6 28.Bd3 Bd4 29.Rd1 Kc7
30.Kb3 Bxc3 31.Kxc3 Rd8 32.Rb1 a6 33.Rb4 a5 34.Rh4 b4+ 35.Kc4 Kb6 36.Be4 Bd7
37.Bxh7 Be6+  0-1

[Event "18th North American Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2008.12.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Kacheishvili,G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.a4 e6 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.a5 h6 8.Bh4 dxc4
9.e3 b5 10.axb6 Nxb6 11.Ne5 c5 12.Be2 cxd4 13.Bh5 Ra7 14.Nc6 Qc7 15.Nxa7 dxc3
16.Bxf6 gxf6 17.Nxc8 cxb2 18.Rxa6 Bb4+ 19.Ke2 c3 20.Bxf7+ Kxf7 21.Ra7 Rxc8
22.Rxc7+ Rxc7 23.Qb3 Nd5 24.e4 Nf4+ 25.Ke3 Nxg2+ 26.Ke2 Nf4+ 27.Ke3 Bd6 28.Qc2 Be5
29.Rd1 Ng6 30.h3 Bf4+ 31.Ke2 Bc1 32.Rxc1 bxc1=Q 33.Qxc1 c2 34.Ke3 Ne5 35.Kd4 Rc4+
36.Ke3 Rc3+ 37.Kd4 Rc4+ 38.Ke3 Nc6 39.Kd3 Rc5 40.Qxh6  0-1

[Event "7th Gibtelecom Masters"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2009.01.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Klinova,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2328"]
[ECO "E97"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.e4 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.b4 Nh5 10.g3 f5 11.Ng5 Nf6 12.f3 Kh8 13.b5 Neg8 14.Ne6 Bxe6 15.dxe6 fxe4
16.fxe4 Re8 17.Bg4 c6 18.Bh3 Qb6+ 19.Rf2 Qd4 20.Bb2 Rad8 21.Qe2 Bh6 22.Re1 Qb6
23.Kg2 Bg7 24.Rd1 h5 25.Bc1 Kh7 26.Bg5 Qc7 27.Rd3 a6 28.Rdf3 Rf8 29.b6 Qe7
30.Qf1 Rde8 31.g4  1-0

[Event "7th Gibtelecom Masters"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2009.01.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Devereaux,M"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2437"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 d5 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 c5 7.cxd5 exd5 8.O-O Nc6
9.Bg5 h6 10.Be3 c4 11.Ne5 O-O 12.b3 cxb3 13.axb3 Nb4 14.Nd3 Bf5 15.Nxb4 Bxb4
16.Bd2 a5 17.Bxb4 axb4 18.Nd2 Qb6 19.Rc1 Rfc8 20.Rxc8+ Rxc8 21.Qa1 Rc2 22.Rd1 Qc7
23.e4 Qc3 24.Qa8+ Kh7 25.exf5 Rxd2 26.Rf1 Qxd4 27.Bf3 Qd3 28.Kg2 Qxf5 29.Qxb7 Rd3
30.Bd1 Ne4 31.Bc2 Rd2 32.Bxe4 Qxe4+ 33.Kg1 f6 34.Qb5 Rb2 35.Qa4 Qd4 36.h4 Qc3
37.Qd7 Qd3 38.Qg4 Rxb3 39.h5 Qe4 40.Qd1 Rb2 41.Re1 Qf5 42.Qd4 Rb1  0-1

[Event "7th Gibtelecom Masters"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2009.01.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Gordon,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[ECO "D58"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 b6 8.Be2 Bb7
9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.cxd5 exd5 11.b4 c6 12.O-O a5 13.bxa5 Rxa5 14.a4 Bc8 15.Qc2 Be6
16.Rfd1 Nd7 17.Rab1 Qa8 18.Bd3 Rc8 19.h3 Be7 20.Bf5 b5 21.Bxe6 fxe6 22.Ne5 Nxe5
23.dxe5 b4 24.Ne2 c5 25.Qg6 Ra6 26.Nf4 Rcc6 27.e4 d4 28.Rd3 Qf8 29.Rg3 Bg5
30.Rxg5 hxg5 31.Qxg5 Rxa4 32.Ng6 Qe8 33.f4 Rca6 34.Kh2 d3 35.Qh5 Ra1 36.Rxa1 Rxa1
37.f5 exf5 38.exf5 d2 39.Qh8+ Kf7 40.e6+ Kf6 41.Qxe8 d1=Q 42.Qe7+ Kxf5 43.Nh4+ Ke4
44.Qxc5 Qh1+ 45.Kg3 Qe1+ 46.Kh2 Qh1+ 47.Kg3 Qe1+  1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Gibtelecom Masters"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2009.01.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gashimov,V"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[ECO "C10"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Bg5 h6 7.Nxf6+ Nxf6 8.Be3 Nd5
9.Bd3 Nxe3 10.fxe3 Bd6 11.e4 e5 12.dxe5 Bc5 13.Bb5+ c6 14.Qxd8+ Kxd8 15.Bc4 Ke7
16.c3 Rd8 17.a4 a6 18.Ke2 Be6 19.Bxe6 Kxe6 20.Rhf1 Rd7 21.Rad1 Rxd1 22.Rxd1 a5
23.Ne1 Bg1 24.g3 Bb6 25.Nd3 Ke7 26.g4 Rd8 27.Rf1 Bc7 28.h4 Re8 29.h5 Kf8
30.Rf5 Kg8 31.Nc5 b6 32.Nd3 Re7 33.b4 axb4 34.cxb4 Kf8 35.Ke3 Ke8 36.g5 hxg5
37.Rxg5 Kf8 38.Rg2 c5 39.bxc5 bxc5 40.Rc2 Ke8 41.Kf4 Bb6 42.Nb2 Re6 43.Nc4 Bc7
44.a5 Rf6+ 45.Ke3 Ra6 46.Kd3 Ra7 47.Ra2 Ra6 48.Rg2 Kf8 49.Rb2 Ke7 50.Rb5 Rc6
51.Nb6 Kd8 52.Kc4 Re6 53.Na4 Bxa5 54.Nxc5 Rh6 55.Rxa5 Rxh5 56.Kd5  1-0

[Event "7th Gibtelecom Masters"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2009.01.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Spence,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2223"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qc2 Bb7 6.Bg2 d5 7.Ne5 Nfd7 8.Nd3 c5
9.dxc5 Nxc5 10.Nxc5 Bxc5 11.Nc3 Nc6 12.cxd5 Nb4 13.Qa4+ Kf8 14.O-O Nxd5 15.Nxd5 Bxd5
16.e4 Bb7 17.b4 Bd4 18.Rb1 a6 19.Bb2 b5 20.Qb3 Bxb2 21.Qxb2 Qe7 22.Rfd1 Rd8
23.Rxd8+ Qxd8 24.Qe5 Qc8 25.Qf4 Kg8 26.Rc1 Qf8 27.Qc7  1-0

[Event "7th Gibtelecom Masters"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2009.02.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Dzagnidze,N"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Nb6 8.Ne5 a5
9.f3 Nfd7 10.Nxd7 Nxd7 11.e4 Bg6 12.Be3 e6 13.Bc4 Bb4 14.O-O O-O 15.Qb3 Rb8
16.Rfd1 Qe7 17.Rac1 Rfd8 18.Bf2 Kh8 19.Bg3 e5 20.Kh1 f6 21.Ne2 Rbc8 22.Qa2 Re8
23.dxe5 Nxe5 24.Nf4 Nxc4 25.Nxg6+ hxg6 26.Qxc4 Rcd8 27.Qc2 Kh7 28.h4 Bd6
29.Bf2 Bf4 30.Rxd8 Rxd8 31.Rd1 Rxd1+ 32.Qxd1 Qb4 33.b3 b5 34.g3 Be5 35.Kg2 bxa4
36.bxa4 c5 37.Qd5 Bd4 38.Bxd4 cxd4 39.h5 Qd2+ 40.Kh3 d3 41.hxg6+ Kxg6 42.g4 Kh7
43.Qf5+ Kh8 44.Qc8+ Kh7 45.Qf5+ Kh8 46.Qc8+ Kh7 47.Qf5+ Kh8  1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Gibtelecom Masters"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2009.02.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Hommeles,T"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5 8.Bg3 b5 9.Ne5 Bb4
10.a3 Ba5 11.Qf3 Qxd4 12.Qxf6 Bxc3+ 13.bxc3 Qxc3+ 14.Ke2 O-O 15.h4 Qc2+ 16.Kf3 g4+
17.Kxg4 Qxe4+ 18.Bf4 Qf5+ 19.Qxf5 exf5+ 20.Kg3 Re8 21.Rd1 Be6 22.Rd6 Kh7
23.Be2 a5 24.Rc1 a4 25.Bf3 Ra6 26.Nxc6 Nd7 27.Nd4 Ra5 28.Nxe6  1-0

[Event "7th Gibtelecom Masters"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2009.02.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Al Sayed,Mohamad"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2488"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6 4.f4 Qa5 5.e5 Ne4 6.Bd3 Nxc3 7.Qd2 e6 8.bxc3 c5
9.Nf3 d5 10.c4 Qxd2+ 11.Bxd2 dxc4 12.Bxc4 a6 13.a4 cxd4 14.Nxd4 Nd7 15.a5 Nc5
16.Be3 Bd7 17.Be2 Rc8 18.Bf3 Rc7 19.O-O Be7 20.Rfb1 O-O 21.Rb4 Rfc8 22.Rab1 f6
23.exf6 gxf6 24.Bxb7 Nxb7 25.Rxb7 e5 26.fxe5 fxe5 27.Nf3 Bb5 28.Rxc7 Rxc7
29.Nxe5 Rxc2 30.Bb6 Bf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Gibtelecom Masters"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2009.02.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Szabo,Krisz1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2508"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 c6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5 8.Bg3 b5 9.Ne5 h5
10.h4 g4 11.Be2 Bb7 12.O-O Nbd7 13.Qc2 Nxe5 14.Bxe5 Bg7 15.b3 cxb3 16.axb3 O-O
17.Bg3 c5 18.e5 Nd5 19.Nxb5 cxd4 20.Nd6 Rb8 21.Qd2 Nc3 22.Bd3 Bd5 23.Rxa7 Bxb3
24.Rfa1 Nd5 25.R1a3 Nc7 26.Bb1 Bc4 27.Bc2 d3 28.Rxd3 Bxd3 29.Qxd3 f5 30.exf6 Rxf6
31.Qh7+ Kf8 32.Be5 Ra8 33.Bxf6 Qxf6 34.Rxc7  1-0

[Event "7th Gibtelecom Masters"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2009.02.05"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kozlov,O"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2187"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[ECO "E60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.c4 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 Qa5+ 6.Nbd2 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Nc6 8.Nb5 O-O
9.O-O d6 10.Nf3 Be6 11.Bd2 Qd8 12.Qc2 Rc8 13.Nbd4 Nxd4 14.Nxd4 Rxc4 15.Qd3 d5
16.Nxe6 fxe6 17.b3 Rc8 18.Rac1 Qd7 19.Qe3 b6 20.Bh3 Kf7 21.Bb4 Ne4 22.f3 Nd6
23.Rxc8 Rxc8 24.Rd1 Nf5 25.Qd3 Qc6 26.e4 Nd4 27.Bg2 dxe4 28.Qxe4 Qxe4 29.fxe4 a5
30.Bd2 Rc2 31.Be3 Ne2+ 32.Kf1 Nc3 33.Rd2 Rc1+ 34.Kf2 Nd1+ 35.Ke2 Nxe3 36.Kxe3 Bh6+  0-1

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.02.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Wen Yang"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2504"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6 4.g3 e5 5.Nge2 Qc7 6.a4 Nbd7 7.Bg2 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.h3 b6 10.Be3 Re8 11.Qd2 a6 12.g4 Nf8 13.Ng3 Ne6 14.Nce2 Bb7 15.d5 cxd5
16.exd5 Nf8 17.f4 exf4 18.Nxf4 Ng6 19.Bd4 Nd7 20.Nfh5 Nde5 21.Ra3 b5 22.Nf5 Bf8
23.Rc3 Qd7 24.Qf2 Kh8 25.a5 Rac8 26.Rg3 b4 27.Kh2 f6 28.g5 fxg5 29.Rxg5 Qf7
30.Qg3 Qg8 31.Ne3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.02.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Melkumyan,H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e4 Bb4 6.Bg5 c5 7.e5 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Qa5
9.exf6 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 Qxg5 11.fxg7 Qxg7 12.Qd2 Bd7 13.Bxc4 Nc6 14.Nb5 Qe5+
15.Be2 Ne7 16.f4 Qc5 17.Nd6+ Kf8 18.f5 Nd5 19.Qh6+ Ke7 20.Ne4 Qe3 21.f6+ Kd8
22.Qxe3 Nxe3 23.Kf2 Nd5 24.g3 Bc6 25.Rhd1 Kc7 26.c4 Nb6 27.Nd6 Nd7 28.Nxf7 Rhf8
29.Nd6 Nxf6 30.Nb5+ Kb8 31.Nd4 Bd7 32.Ke3 e5 33.Nb5 a6 34.Nc3 Ng4+ 35.Bxg4 Bxg4
36.Rf1 Ka7 37.Ne4 Be6 38.Rxf8 Rxf8 39.Nd2 Rc8 40.Kd3 Rd8+ 41.Ke3 Bf5 42.Nf3 Rd3+
43.Ke2 e4 44.Ne5 Ra3 45.Rf1 Bg6 46.Nxg6 hxg6 47.Rf6 a5 48.Rxg6 a4 49.Re6 Rxa2+
50.Kd1 Rxh2 51.Kc1 Re2 52.g4 b6 53.Kb1 Kb7 54.g5 Rg2 55.g6 Rg5 56.Ka2 Ka6
57.c5 Rxc5 58.Rxe4 Rg5 59.Rxa4+ Kb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.02.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Maslak,K"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[ECO "C10"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.Bd3 c5 8.Be3 Nd5
9.O-O Be7 10.dxc5 Nxe3 11.fxe3 Qa5 12.Nd4 Qxc5 13.Bb5+ Kf8 14.Qf3 Bf6 15.Bd3 Ke7
16.Rf2 Rb8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.02.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Yudin,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c6 4.e3 Bd6 5.Bd3 f5 6.O-O Nf6 7.b3 Qe7 8.a4 a5 9.Ba3 Bxa3
10.Nxa3 O-O 11.Ne5 g6 12.Qd2 b6 13.Rfc1 c5 14.Nb5 Bb7 15.dxc5 bxc5 16.Rd1 Nbd7
17.Qb2 Rfd8 18.h3 Nb8 19.Qc3 Rc8 20.Rac1 Na6 21.Bb1 Nb4 22.Nd3 Ba6 23.Nf4 Kf7
24.Nd3 Kg8 25.Nf4 Kf7 26.Nd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.02.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dziuba,M"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 c5 6.O-O Nc6 7.Qa4 Bd7 8.Qxc4 cxd4
9.Nxd4 Rc8 10.Nc3 Qb6 11.Nxc6 Bxc6 12.Be3 Bc5 13.Bxc5 Bxg2 14.Qa4+ Qc6 15.Rfc1 Qxa4
16.Nxa4 Bc6 17.Nc3 b6 18.Ba3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.02.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Robson,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[ECO "D44"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 c6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Nxg5 hxg5
10.Bxg5 Nbd7 11.g3 Bb7 12.Bg2 Qb6 13.exf6 c5 14.d5 O-O-O 15.O-O b4 16.Na4 Qa6
17.a3 Bxd5 18.Bxd5 Ne5 19.axb4 Rxd5 20.Qe2 cxb4 21.Nc3 Ra5 22.Rxa5 Qxa5 23.Ne4 Nd3
24.h4 Qe5 25.Qe3 a5 26.Rd1 a4 27.Bf4 Nxf4 28.gxf4 Rg8+ 29.Kf1 Qb5 30.Qe2 a3
31.bxa3 b3 32.Rc1 b2 33.Rxc4+ Bc5 34.Rxc5+ Qxc5 35.Qa6+ Kb8 36.Nd2 Rd8  0-1

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.02.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Naiditsch,A"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[ECO "C10"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Bg5 h6 7.Nxf6+ Nxf6 8.Be3 Nd5
9.Bd3 Nxe3 10.fxe3 Bd6 11.e4 e5 12.dxe5 Bc5 13.Bb5+ c6 14.Qxd8+ Kxd8 15.Bc4 Ke7
16.a4 Be6 17.Bxe6 Kxe6 18.Rd1 Rhd8 19.Ke2 Bb6 20.Rd3 Rxd3 21.cxd3 Rd8 22.Rc1 Bd4
23.a5 a6 24.Rc4 Bxe5 25.Nxe5 Kxe5 26.Ke3 g6 27.Rb4 Rd7 28.d4+ Kd6 29.Kf4 h5
30.Kg5 Re7 31.Kf4 Rd7 32.g3 f6 33.h4 Ke6 34.Ke3 g5 35.Rb6 gxh4 36.gxh4 f5
37.d5+ Ke5 38.dxc6 f4+ 39.Ke2 bxc6 40.Rxc6 Rg7 41.Rxa6 Kxe4 42.Kf2 Rg4 43.Rb6 Rxh4
44.Rb4+ Kd5 45.a6 Rh2+ 46.Kg1 Rc2 47.Rb5+ Kd6 48.Rb6+ Kc7 49.Rb7+ Kc8 50.b4 f3
51.Kf1 h4 52.b5 Ra2 53.Rh7 Kb8 54.Rxh4 Rb2 55.Rh5 Ka7 56.Ke1 Re2+ 57.Kf1 Rb2
58.Re5 Ka8 59.Ke1 Ka7 60.Rd5 Ka8 61.Rf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.02.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Rodshtein,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5 8.Bg3 b5 9.Ne5 Bb7
10.h4 g4 11.Nxg4 Nxg4 12.Qxg4 Qxd4 13.Rd1 Qf6 14.a4 Bb4 15.e5 Qf5 16.Qd4 O-O
17.Qe3 Na6 18.Be2 Nc7 19.Qxh6 Rfd8 20.O-O Bf8 21.Qc1 a6 22.Bf3 Bg7 23.Rfe1 Rd5
24.h5 c5 25.h6 Rxd1 26.Bxd1 Bh8 27.Bc2  1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.02.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Grachev,B"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.Nxd5 exd5 10.a3 Nc6 11.Bd3 Bb6 12.O-O Qf6 13.b4 h6 14.Bc2 Bf5 15.Bxf5 Qxf5
16.b5 Na5 17.Be5 Rfc8 18.h3 Qe4 19.Bd4 Bxd4 20.Nxd4 Nc4 21.Qe2 a6 22.Rfd1 axb5
23.Nxb5 Ra5 24.a4 Qe5 25.Rd4 Nd6 26.Nxd6 Qxd6 27.Qb2 Qc6 28.Rb4 Ra7 29.Rb5 Rca8
30.a5 Rc8 31.Rd1 Rd8 32.Rd4 Rd7 33.Rg4 f6 34.Rb6 Qc7 35.Qxf6 Rxa5 36.Qe6+ Kh8
37.Qe8+ Kh7 38.Rxh6+  1-0

[Event "Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Ledyard USA"]
[Date "2009.04.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Hilton,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2220"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Rb1 O-O
9.Be2 b6 10.O-O Bb7 11.d5 Bxc3 12.Bc4 Qd6 13.Bh6 Bg7 14.e5 Bxe5 15.Nxe5 Qxe5
16.Re1 Qd6 17.Qe2 Re8 18.Qb2 f6 19.Re6 Qxe6 20.dxe6 Nc6 21.Rd1 Rad8 22.Rd7 Bc8
23.Qxf6 exf6 24.e7+ Kh8 25.exd8=Q  1-0

[Event "Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Ledyard USA"]
[Date "2009.04.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Charbonneau,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "A56"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e5 4.Nc3 d6 5.e4 Be7 6.Bd3 Nbd7 7.h3 a6 8.Be3 O-O 9.Nge2 Ne8
10.Qd2 g6 11.g4 Ng7 12.O-O-O b5 13.cxb5 axb5 14.Bxb5 Nb6 15.f4 exf4 16.Bxf4 Bd7
17.Bc6 Bxc6 18.dxc6 Ne6 19.Kb1 Rb8 20.Qd3 Nxf4 21.Nxf4 Bf6 22.Nb5 Qe8 23.c7 Ra8
24.Qxd6 Qxe4+ 25.Nd3 Nd5 26.Qxc5 Be7 27.Qc2 Ne3 28.Rhe1 Qe6 29.Qb3 Qxb3 30.axb3 Nxd1
31.Rxe7 Ra5 32.Nd6 Rd5 33.Re8  1-0

[Event "Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Ledyard USA"]
[Date "2009.04.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Hess,Ro"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "E36"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 c5 7.dxc5 d4 8.Qg3 O-O
9.Nf3 Nc6 10.Bh6 Ne8 11.e4 e5 12.Bd3 a5 13.O-O Qe7 14.Bd2 a4 15.Nh4 Qxc5
16.f4 Ra6 17.fxe5 Rb6 18.Nf5 Kh8 19.Bf4 Be6 20.Rf3 Rxb2 21.Raf1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Ledyard USA"]
[Date "2009.04.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Robson,R"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[ECO "C10"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Nbd7 6.Nf3 h6 7.Nxf6+ Nxf6 8.Bh4 c5
9.Bb5+ Bd7 10.Bxd7+ Qxd7 11.Qe2 Be7 12.O-O-O O-O 13.dxc5 Qc6 14.Ne5 Qxc5
15.f4 Rfd8 16.Bxf6 Bxf6 17.Nd7 Qf5 18.Nxf6+ gxf6 19.g3 Rd5 20.Rhe1 Rc8 21.Rxd5 Qxd5
22.b3 a5 23.Rd1 Qc5 24.a4 b5 25.axb5 a4 26.bxa4 Qa3+ 27.Kd2 Qc3+ 28.Kc1 Qa3+
29.Kd2 Qxa4 30.Qd3 Qb4+ 31.Ke2 Rc3 32.Rb1 Qc5 33.Kd2 Rxd3+ 34.Kxd3 Qd5+ 35.Kc3 e5
36.fxe5 fxe5 37.Rb4 Qc5+ 38.Kb3 Qb6 39.c4 e4 40.c5 Qxc5 41.b6 Qd5+ 42.Kc3 Qb7
43.Kd4 Kg7 44.Rb5 Qc6 45.Rf5 Kg6 46.g4 Qxb6+ 47.Kxe4 Qg1 48.h3 Qh1+ 49.Rf3 Kg5
50.Ke3 Qe1+ 51.Kd3 Qe6 52.Kd4 Kh4 53.Re3 Qg6 54.Rf3 h5 55.gxh5 Kxh5 56.Ke3 f5
57.Kf4 Qg5+ 58.Ke5 Kg6 59.Kd4 f4 60.Ke4 Qf5+ 61.Kd4 Kf6 62.h4 Qe5+ 63.Kd3 Kf5  0-1

[Event "Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Ledyard USA"]
[Date "2009.04.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shabalov,A"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[ECO "A07"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Bg4 4.b3 Nd7 5.Bb2 e6 6.O-O Ngf6 7.d4 Be7 8.Nbd2 O-O
9.Re1 a5 10.a3 Qb6 11.h3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Ledyard USA"]
[Date "2009.04.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Lenderman,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.c5 Bf5 6.Nh4 Bg6 7.Bf4 Nbd7 8.e3 e5
9.Bg3 Be7 10.Be2 e4 11.b4 Nh5 12.Bxh5 Bxh4 13.Bg4 f5 14.Bxf5 Bxg3 15.Bxd7+ Qxd7
16.hxg3 O-O 17.a4 Rf6 18.Ra2 Bf5 19.Qb3 Qf7 20.b5 Rf8 21.Qc2 Qe6 22.bxc6 bxc6
23.Qe2 a5 24.Rb2 Bg4 25.Qa6 Qf7 26.Qf1 g5 27.Na2 Qa7 28.Nc3 Rb8 29.Rxb8+ Qxb8
30.Nb5 Bd7 31.Kd2 cxb5 32.axb5 Bxb5 33.Qb1 Rxf2+ 34.Kc3 Re2  0-1

[Event "Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Ledyard USA"]
[Date "2009.04.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Friedel,J"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[ECO "C41"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Nf3 Nbd7 5.Bc4 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Re1 a6 8.a4 b6
9.b3 c6 10.d5 c5 11.Bf1 Ne8 12.g3 g6 13.Bh6 Ng7 14.Qd2 Nf6 15.h3 Kh8 16.Bg2 Ng8
17.Be3 f5 18.exf5 gxf5 19.Nxe5 dxe5 20.d6 Bf6 21.Bxa8 f4 22.gxf4 exf4 23.Bxf4 Bxc3
24.Qxc3 Rxf4 25.Rad1 Rf6 26.Bg2 Rxd6 27.Rxd6 Qxd6 28.a5 b5 29.Re5 c4 30.bxc4 bxc4
31.Rd5 Qg6 32.Rc5 Ne7 33.Rxc4 Be6 34.Rb4 h5 35.Kh2 Bd5 36.Qg3 Qxc2 37.Bxd5 Nxd5
38.Rb7 Ne8 39.Qf3 Ndf6 40.Qf4 Qe2 41.Rb6 Kg7 42.Qe3 Qf1 43.Qg5+ Kf7 44.Rb7+ Kf8
45.Qc5+ Kg8 46.Re7 Qd3 47.Qe5 Qc2 48.Rxe8+ Nxe8 49.Qxe8+ Kg7 50.Qe5+ Kg6
51.Kg3 Qc4 52.f4 Qf1 53.Qg5+ Kf7 54.Qxh5+ Kg7 55.Qe5+ Kf7 56.Qf5+ Kg7 57.Qe5+ Kf7
58.Qe3 Qb5 59.Qa7+ Kf8 60.Qc7 Qd3+ 61.Kh4 Qb5 62.Qe5 Qf1 63.Qf5+ Kg7 64.Kh5 Qc4
65.Qd7+ Kf8 66.Kg5 Kg8 67.Qe8+ Kg7 68.Qg6+ Kh8 69.Qf6+ Kh7 70.Qe7+ Kg8 71.f5 Qc1+
72.Kg6 Qg1+ 73.Qg5 Qd4 74.f6 Qd3+ 75.Kh6+  1-0

[Event "Rapid Match"]
[Site "Upper Lake USA"]
[Date "2009.04.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Shulman,Y"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[ECO "E61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 O-O 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 c5 7.e3 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Nc6
9.Be2 d6 10.O-O Bd7 11.Rc1 Rc8 12.a3 Ne5 13.Qb3 Bc6 14.Rfd1 Qa5 15.Qa2 Qb6
16.b4 Rfe8 17.Bxf6 exf6 18.Nb3 Qc7 19.Qd2 b6 20.Qxd6 Qb7 21.Bf1 Re6 22.Qd2 Bf3
23.Re1 f5 24.c5 Ree8 25.Nd4 Rcd8 26.Qc2 Be4 27.Nxe4 fxe4 28.c6 Qc8 29.c7 Rd7
30.Bb5  1-0

[Event "Rapid Match"]
[Site "Upper Lake USA"]
[Date "2009.04.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shulman,Y"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 c5 7.cxd5 exd5 8.dxc5 Bxc5
9.O-O Nc6 10.Nc3 O-O 11.Rc1 Be7 12.Be3 Bg4 13.Nd4 Qd7 14.Qa4 Bh3 15.Rfd1 Bxg2
16.Kxg2 h6 17.f3 Rfe8 18.Bf2 Bf8 19.e4 dxe4 20.Nxe4 Nxe4 21.fxe4 Rxe4 22.Nxc6 Rxa4
23.Rxd7 bxc6 24.a3 Rb8 25.Rxc6 Rxb2 26.Rc8 Ra6 27.Rd3 Rab6 28.g4 Rb8 29.Rdd8 Rxc8
30.Rxc8 f6 31.Ra8 Kf7 32.Rxa7+ Kg6 33.Ra5 Ra2 34.Kf3 Rxa3+ 35.Rxa3 Bxa3 36.h3 Kf7
37.Bd4 Ke6 38.Bc3 Bd6 39.Bb2 Kd5 40.Bc3 Be5 41.Bb4 Bd6 42.Bc3 Ke6 43.Bd4 g6
44.Be3 h5 45.gxh5 gxh5 46.Bd4 Be5 47.Bb6 f5 48.Be3 Kd5 49.Bf2 Kc4 50.Ke2 Bd4
51.Bg3 Bb6 52.Be1 Bc5 53.Bh4 Kd5 54.Kf3 Bd6 55.Bf2 Be5 56.Be3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Rapid Match"]
[Site "Upper Lake USA"]
[Date "2009.04.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Shulman,Y"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[ECO "E61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 O-O 5.Bg5 c5 6.d5 h6 7.Bh4 b5 8.cxb5 Qa5
9.Qd2 a6 10.d6 g5 11.Bg3 axb5 12.dxe7 Re8 13.Be5 Nc6 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.e3 g4
16.Ng1 c4 17.Nge2 Bg7 18.Nf4 b4 19.Ncd5 c3 20.bxc3 bxc3 21.Qc2 Rb8 22.Be2 Rb2
23.Qc1 Ba6 24.Bxa6 c2+ 25.Ke2 Qxa6+ 26.Nd3 Qc4 27.Nf4 Rxe7 28.h3 g3 29.Kf3 Ne5+
30.Nxe5 Bxe5 31.fxg3 Rb6 32.Re1 Bxa1 33.Qxa1 Rb1  0-1

[Event "Rapid Match"]
[Site "Upper Lake USA"]
[Date "2009.04.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shulman,Y"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bg4 5.Qb3 Qb6 6.Nc3 Bxf3 7.gxf3 e6 8.e4 Nbd7
9.cxd5 cxd5 10.Bb5 dxe4 11.Nxe4 Nd5 12.Nc3 Bb4 13.Bd2 Qxd4 14.O-O-O Bxc3
15.Bxc3 Qf4+ 16.Kb1 O-O-O 17.Bxg7 Rhg8 18.Bd4 Kb8 19.Rhe1 Qd6 20.f4 a6 21.Bc4 Ka8
22.Bxd5 exd5 23.Bc3 Nc5 24.Qb4 Qg6+ 25.Ka1 Nd3 26.Rxd3 Qxd3 27.Bd4 Rge8 28.Rg1 Qb5
29.Qxb5 axb5 30.a3 Re4 31.Bb6 Rde8 32.Rg5 R4e6 33.Bd4 b6 34.Rxd5 Re1+ 35.Ka2 Rd1
36.f3 Kb7 37.Kb3 Kc6 38.Re5 Rxe5 39.Bxe5 Rd3+ 40.Kb4 Rxf3 41.h4 h5 42.b3 f6
43.Bb8 Rh3  0-1

[Event "Rapid Match"]
[Site "Upper Lake USA"]
[Date "2009.04.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Shulman,Y"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[ECO "D35"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 c6 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 Bf5 7.e3 Nbd7 8.Bd3 Bxd3
9.Qxd3 Bd6 10.O-O O-O 11.Rab1 Qe7 12.Qc2 Rfe8 13.a3 a5 14.Rfe1 Qe6 15.Bxf6 Nxf6
16.b4 b5 17.h3 Qe7 18.Qb3 Ne4 19.Rec1 f5 20.Ne2 Rec8 21.Rxc6 Qf7 22.Rxc8+ Rxc8
23.bxa5 h6 24.Qxb5 Kh7 25.a6 Rb8 26.Qd3 Rxb1+ 27.Qxb1 Qc7 28.Ne5 Qa5 29.f3 Qxa6
30.Qc2 Qxa3 31.fxe4 Qxe3+ 32.Kf1 dxe4 33.Nc4 Qd3 34.Qxd3 exd3 35.Nxd6  1-0

[Event "Rapid Match"]
[Site "Upper Lake USA"]
[Date "2009.04.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shulman,Y"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 c5 5.Bg2 Nc6 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qa4 Bd7 8.Qxc4 cxd4
9.Nxd4 Rc8 10.Nc3 Qb6 11.Nxc6 Bxc6 12.Be3 Bc5 13.Na4 Bxa4 14.Rfc1 Bb5 15.Bxc5 Bxc4
16.Bxb6 axb6 17.Bxb7 Kd7 18.Bxc8+ Rxc8 19.Rc2 Ba6 20.Rd1+ Nd5 21.Rxc8 Kxc8
22.Rd2 f5 23.f3 Kc7 24.Kf2 g5 25.h4 g4 26.fxg4 fxg4 27.e4 Nf6 28.Ke3 Nh5
29.Rf2 Kd6 30.Rf7 h6 31.Ra7 Bb5 32.Rh7 Nxg3 33.Rxh6 Ke5 34.Rg6 Nxe4 35.Rxg4 Nd6
36.b3 Nf5+ 37.Kf2 Bd3 38.Rb4 b5 39.a4 bxa4 40.bxa4 Kf6 41.a5 e5 42.Rb6+ Kg7
43.h5 e4 44.a6 e3+ 45.Kf3 e2 46.Kf2 Bxa6 47.Rxa6 Kh7 48.Kxe2 Ng3+ 49.Kf3 Nxh5
50.Kg4 Ng7 51.Kg5 Kg8 52.Kf6 Nh5+ 53.Kg6 Nf4+ 54.Kf5 Nd5 55.Rd6 Ne3+ 56.Ke4 Nc4
57.Rc6 Na5 58.Rc7 Kf8 59.Kd4 Ke8 60.Kc5 Kd8 61.Kb6 Nb3 62.Rc3  1-0

[Event "Blitz Match"]
[Site "Upper Lake USA"]
[Date "2009.04.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shulman,Y"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bg4 5.Qb3 Qb6 6.Nc3 e6 7.Nh4 Bh5 8.h3 Be7
9.g4 Bg6 10.Nxg6 hxg6 11.Bg2 Na6 12.Bd2 O-O 13.O-O dxc4 14.Qxc4 Qxb2 15.Rab1 Qxd2
16.Rxb7 Nd5 17.Nxd5 cxd5 18.Qxa6 Bh4 19.Rxa7 Rac8 20.Qa5 Qe2 21.Qa6 Qd2 22.Qa5 Rc2
23.Qxd2 Rxd2 24.a4 Rb8 25.a5 Rbb2 26.a6 Bxf2+ 27.Rxf2 Rxf2 28.Bf1 Ra2 29.Rb7 Rfc2
30.Rb8+ Kh7 31.Rb7 f6 32.Rb6 Rc1 33.Rxe6 Raa1 34.Kg2 Rxf1 35.a7 Rfb1 36.Re7 Rb2+
37.Kf3 Rba2 38.Rd7 Rxa7 39.Rxd5 R1a3  0-1

[Event "Blitz Match"]
[Site "Upper Lake USA"]
[Date "2009.04.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Shulman,Y"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[ECO "D35"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 c6 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 Bf5 7.Qb3 Nbd7 8.Qxb7 Rb8
9.Qxc6 Rxb2 10.a3 Be7 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.e3 Qa5 13.Rc1 O-O 14.Qxd5 Qxa3 15.Qxf5 Bb4
16.Bd3 Bxc3+ 17.Kf1 Rd8 18.g3 Qa2 19.Rc2 Nf8 20.Kg2 Rxc2 21.Bxc2 a5 22.Qxf6 Rb8
23.Bd3 a4 24.Ne5 Qe6 25.Qf4 a3 26.Bc4 Qe7 27.Nxf7 Kg7 28.Qxb8 Qe4+ 29.Kh3 Qf5+
30.g4 Qxf2 31.Qe5+ Qf6 32.Qxf6+ Kxf6 33.Rf1+ Ke7 34.Ne5 Bd2 35.Rf7+  1-0

[Event "Blitz Match"]
[Site "Upper Lake USA"]
[Date "2009.04.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shulman,Y"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bg4 5.Qb3 Qb6 6.Nc3 e6 7.Nh4 Bh5 8.h3 Be7
9.g4 Bg6 10.Nxg6 hxg6 11.g5 Nfd7 12.f4 Na6 13.Bd2 dxc4 14.Bxc4 Nc7 15.Qc2 Nd5
16.a3 Rc8 17.O-O-O Qc7 18.Kb1 b5 19.Bb3 Qb7 20.Rc1 N7b6 21.Ne4 Nc4 22.Bxc4 bxc4
23.Ka2 Rb8 24.h4 a5 25.Rh3 Kd7 26.Bc3 Qa7 27.Nd2 Qa6 28.Qa4 Rb5 29.Nxc4 Rhb8
30.Rc2 Ke8 31.h5 gxh5 32.Rxh5 f6 33.gxf6 gxf6 34.Rh8+ Kf7 35.Rxb8 Rxb8 36.Nxa5 Qd3
37.Nxc6 Ra8 38.Qxa8 Qxc2 39.Qa5 Nxe3 40.Nxe7 Kxe7 41.Qc5+ Kf7 42.Qc7+ Kg6
43.Qc6 Nd5 44.Qe8+ Kf5 45.Qh5+ Kxf4 46.Qh4+ Kf3 47.Qh3+ Kf4 48.Qh4+ Kf3 49.Qh1+ Kf4
50.Qe1 e5 51.dxe5 f5 52.Qf1+ Ke4 53.Qe1+ Kd3 54.e6 Qa4 55.Qg3+ Ne3 56.Qd6+ Ke2
57.e7 Qc4+ 58.Ka1 Nc2+ 59.Kb1 Nxa3+ 60.Qxa3  1-0

[Event "Blitz Match"]
[Site "Upper Lake USA"]
[Date "2009.04.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shulman,Y"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Bb4+ 3.Bd2 a5 4.g3 d6 5.Bg2 e5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.d5 Bxd2+ 8.Qxd2 Nce7
9.Nc3 Nf6 10.O-O O-O 11.e4 Nd7 12.Ne1 f5 13.Nd3 Nf6 14.Rae1 fxe4 15.Nxe4 Nxe4
16.Bxe4 Bh3 17.Bg2 Bxg2 18.Kxg2 Ng6 19.f3 b6 20.Nf2 Qd7 21.Ne4 h6 22.b3 Rf7
23.Rf2 Raf8 24.h4 Ne7 25.Nc3 Nf5 26.Nb5 Rf6 27.Re4 Rg6 28.Rg4 Rgf6 29.Qd3 Kh8
30.Qe4 Qf7 31.a3 Rg6 32.Re2 Rf6 33.Rf2 Rg6 34.Re2 Rf6 35.b4 axb4 36.axb4 Ra8
37.f4 Re8 38.Qf3 Ne7 39.Re4 Ng8 40.Qe2 Rf8 41.Nc3 Rf5 42.Nd1 Nf6 43.fxe5 Nxe4
44.Rxe4 Rxe5 45.Rxe5 dxe5 46.Nf2 Qf5 47.c5 bxc5 48.Qc4 Rd8 49.Ng4 Qf7 50.bxc5 Rxd5  0-1

[Event "Blitz Match"]
[Site "Upper Lake USA"]
[Date "2009.04.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Shulman,Y"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[ECO "D63"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 c6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 O-O 7.Rc1 Nbd7 8.a3 h6
9.Bh4 a6 10.c5 e5 11.Be2 e4 12.Nd2 Nh7 13.Bg3 f5 14.h4 g5 15.hxg5 hxg5 16.f4 exf3
17.Nxf3 Bf6 18.Kd2 Re8 19.Qg1 g4 20.Qh2 Qe7 21.Ne5 Nxe5 22.Bxe5 Bxe5 23.dxe5 Be6
24.Bd3 Rf8 25.Ne2 Rf7 26.Nd4 Raf8 27.b4 Bc8 28.Rcf1 Kh8 29.e6 Bxe6 30.Qe5+ Rf6
31.Rxf5 Kg8 32.Rxh7 Qxh7 33.Rxf6  1-0

[Event "Blitz Match"]
[Site "Upper Lake USA"]
[Date "2009.04.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shulman,Y"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[ECO "D34"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.g3 Nc6 6.Bg2 Nf6 7.Nc3 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.Na4 Be7 11.Be3 Bg4 12.Rc1 Rc8 13.Nc5 Bxc5 14.Bxc5 Re8 15.h3 Bh5
16.g4 Bg6 17.e3 Be4 18.Qa4 h5 19.g5 Nd7 20.Bd4 Bxf3 21.Bxf3 Qxg5+ 22.Bg2 Re6
23.f4 Qf5 24.Kh2 Rce8 25.Rg1 Nxd4 26.Qxd4 Rxe3 27.Bxd5 Qxh3+  0-1

[Event "Blitz Match"]
[Site "Upper Lake USA"]
[Date "2009.04.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Shulman,Y"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[ECO "A80"]

1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bf4 e6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Bd6 6.Bd3 O-O 7.O-O Nbd7 8.Ne2 Ne4
9.c4 Ndf6 10.c5 Be7 11.Ne5 g5 12.Bg3 Bd7 13.f3 Nxg3 14.hxg3 Be8 15.g4 Nd7
16.Qc2 Bg6 17.gxf5 exf5 18.f4 g4 19.Ng3 Nxe5 20.fxe5 Bg5 21.Rae1 Bh4 22.Ne2 Bxe1
23.Rxe1 Qh4 24.g3 Qh3 25.Rf1 f4 26.exf4 Bxd3 27.Qxd3 Rae8 28.Rf2 Qh5 29.Rh2 Qf5
30.Qxf5 Rxf5 31.Kf2 Re6 32.Nc3 c6 33.Nd1 h5 34.Ne3 Rf8 35.Rxh5 Rg6 36.f5 Rg7
37.f6 Rg6 38.Nf5 Kf7 39.Rh7+ Ke6 40.Ng7+ Kf7 41.Nh5+ Kg8 42.Rxb7 Rg5 43.Nf4 a5
44.Ne6 Rf5+ 45.Ke3 Ra8 46.Nf4 Rg5 47.e6 Rf5 48.f7+ Kg7 49.Re7 Rf8 50.Re8 Rg5
51.e7 Rxf7 52.Ne6+ Kf6 53.Nxg5 Rxe7+ 54.Rxe7 Kxe7 55.Kf4  1-0

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2009.05.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zatonskih,A"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2461"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[ECO "A41"]

1.Nf3 d6 2.d4 Bg4 3.c4 Bxf3 4.exf3 c6 5.Be3 g6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.Qd2 e6 8.h4 d5
9.h5 Nd7 10.g4 dxc4 11.Bxc4 Qa5 12.O-O-O Nb6 13.Bb3 Rd8 14.Qc2 Nd5 15.Nxd5 cxd5
16.Ba4+ Kf8 17.Kb1 gxh5 18.Rxh5 Ne7 19.Bd2 Qb6 20.Rxh7 Bxd4 21.Rxh8+ Bxh8
22.Bb3 Bg7 23.Bg5 a5 24.Rc1 Re8 25.Bxe7+ Rxe7 26.Qc8+ Re8 27.Qc5+ Qxc5 28.Rxc5 b6
29.Rc2 Be5 30.Ba4 Rd8 31.Kc1 Ke7 32.Kd1 Rh8 33.Ke2 Bd6 34.Rc1 Rh2 35.Rf1 Kf6
36.Ke3 Bc5+ 37.Ke2 Ke5 38.Bc2 Bd4 39.b3 Bc5 40.Bd3 Kf4 41.Bb5 Rh3 42.Be8 Rh7
43.Rd1 f6 44.Rf1 Rh8 45.Bd7 e5 46.Bc6 e4 47.fxe4 dxe4 48.Ke1 Bb4+ 49.Ke2 Bc5
50.Bb7 Rh2 51.Kd1 Bb4 52.Bc6 Rg2 53.Ke2 Bc5 54.Kd1 Kf3 55.Bb5 Bxf2 56.Be2+ Ke3
57.a4 Bh4 58.Rh1 Rxe2 59.Rh3+ Bg3 60.Rxg3+ Kf4 61.Rc3 Rb2 62.Kc1 Rf2 63.Rc4 Kf3
64.b4  0-1

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2009.05.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kamsky,G"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[ECO "C10"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Bd3 c5 7.Nxf6+ Nxf6 8.Be3 Nd5
9.Ne5 Bd6 10.Qh5 Qc7 11.Bb5+ Kf8 12.O-O-O a6 13.Bc4 Nf6 14.Qf3 Rb8 15.Bf4 b5
16.Rhe1 cxd4 17.Rxd4 Rb6 18.Bb3 Bb7 19.Qh3 a5 20.Rxd6 Rxd6 21.Nxf7 Kxf7 22.Qxe6+ Rxe6
23.Bxe6+ Kg6 24.Bxc7 Re8 25.Bxa5 Bxg2 26.f4 h5 27.Re5 Kh6 28.Bd2 Bc6 29.Rc5 Bd7
30.Bxd7 Nxd7 31.Rxb5 Re2 32.h4 Nf6 33.f5+ Kh7 34.Kd1 Rh2 35.Be1 Ng4 36.Rb3 Rh1
37.a4 Rf1 38.a5 Rxf5 39.a6 Rf7 40.Ra3 Rd7+ 41.Kc1  1-0

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2009.05.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Robson,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O e5
9.cxd5 cxd5 10.e4 dxe4 11.Nxe4 Nxe4 12.Bxe4 h6 13.Be3 exd4 14.Bxd4 Nf6 15.Rfe1 Qc7
16.Qxc7 Bxc7 17.Bxf6 gxf6 18.Bd5 Bg4 19.Re7 Bxf3 20.Bxf3 Be5 21.Rd1 Rad8
22.Bd5 Kh8 23.Rxb7 Rd6 24.Rxa7 Rfd8 25.Ra5 Bxb2 26.Kf1 Be5 27.g3 Kg7 28.Rb5 f5
29.f4 Bf6 30.Ke2 Re8+ 31.Kf3 Red8 32.Rd3 h5 33.Ke2 h4 34.Bc4 Rxd3 35.Bxd3 hxg3
36.hxg3 Rh8 37.Kf3 Rh2 38.Ra5 Bc3 39.Ra3 Bb4 40.Ra4 Be1 41.Bxf5 Rf2+ 42.Ke3 Rb2
43.g4 Rb4 44.Rxb4 Bxb4 45.a4 Kf6 46.Bd3 Ba5 47.g5+ Kg7 48.f5 Bc3 49.Be4 Ba5
50.Kd3 Bd8 51.g6  1-0

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2009.05.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Becerra Rivero,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[ECO "D46"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 dxc4 8.Bxc4 b5
9.Be2 Bb7 10.O-O O-O 11.Rd1 Qc7 12.e4 e5 13.Bg5 exd4 14.Rxd4 b4 15.Rad1 Bc5
16.Rxd7 Nxd7 17.Na4 Bb6 18.Be7 Ne5 19.Bd6 Nxf3+ 20.Bxf3 Qc8 21.Bxf8 Qxf8
22.e5 Rd8 23.Nxb6 axb6 24.g3 Rxd1+ 25.Qxd1 Qe7 26.Qd4 b5 27.Qa7 Qc7 28.Qc5 g6
29.Kg2 Kg7 30.h4 h5 31.b3 Ba8 32.e6 fxe6 33.Qxb4 Qa7 34.Qc3+ Kh7 35.b4 Qxa2
36.Qf6 Qa7 37.Be4 Qg7 38.Qxe6 Bb7 39.g4 Kh6 40.gxh5 Kxh5 41.f3 Kh6 42.h5 Qb2+
43.Kg3 Qg7 44.hxg6 Qc7+ 45.f4 Bc8 46.Qf6  1-0

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2009.05.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ehlvest,J"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[ECO "C06"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.Bd3 c5 5.e5 Nfd7 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ngf3 Qb6 8.O-O cxd4
9.cxd4 Nxd4 10.Nxd4 Qxd4 11.Nf3 Qb6 12.Qa4 Qb4 13.Qc2 Nc5 14.Bd2 Qa4 15.b3 Qd7
16.Nd4 Qd8 17.Rac1 Bd7 18.Be2 Ne4 19.Nb5 Bc5 20.Qxc5 Nxc5 21.Nd6+ Ke7 22.Rxc5 f6
23.Rfc1 fxe5 24.Nxb7 Qb6 25.Bg5+ Ke8 26.Rc7 Rb8 27.Bb5 Rxb7 28.Bxd7+ Kf7
29.Be8+ Kxe8 30.Rc8+ Kf7 31.Rxh8 h6 32.Bh4 Rc7 33.Rf1 Rc2 34.Bg3 Qc7 35.h4 d4
36.Kh2 d3 37.f4 Qc6 38.fxe5+ Kg6 39.Bf2 d2 40.Rd8 Rc1  0-1

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2009.05.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Shulman,Y"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[ECO "D46"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O dxc4
9.Bxc4 a6 10.Rd1 b5 11.Bd3 Qc7 12.e4 e5 13.h3 h6 14.Be3 c5 15.dxc5 Bxc5 16.Nd5 Nxd5
17.exd5 Qd6 18.Rac1 Bxe3 19.fxe3 Qb6 20.Qf2 Bb7 21.e4 Qxf2+ 22.Kxf2 Rfc8
23.b4 Rxc1 24.Rxc1 Rc8 25.Rxc8+ Bxc8 26.Nd2 Nb6 27.Nb3 Kf8 28.Nc5 Ke7 29.a3 Kd6
30.g4 Nd7 31.Nxd7 Bxd7 32.Kf3 Be8 33.h4  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2009.05.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 a6 8.Qd2 b5 9.h4 cxd4
10.Nxd4 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 Bc5 12.h5 Qb6 13.O-O-O O-O 14.Bxc5 Nxc5 15.f5 Qc7 16.Re1 exf5
17.h6 g6 18.Nxd5 Qd8 19.Nf6+ Kh8 20.Qb4 Ne6 21.Rh3 Bb7 22.Rd1 Qc7 23.Rd6 Be4
24.Nxe4 fxe4 25.Qxe4 Rad8 26.Rhd3 Qe7 27.Qe3 Kg8 28.Rxa6 Rxd3 29.Bxd3 Qb7
30.Rd6 Qxg2 31.Bxb5 g5 32.Rd1 Qh2 33.a4 Qxh6 34.a5 Qh2 35.Bd7 Nf4 36.b4 Kg7
37.a6 Qg2 38.b5 Rd8 39.Kb2 Qa8 40.Bc6  1-0

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2009.05.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qc2 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.e4 d5 8.cxd5 Bxf1
9.Kxf1 exd5 10.e5 Ne4 11.Nc3 Nxc3 12.bxc3 Qd7 13.Kg2 Nc6 14.c4 Nd8 15.cxd5 Qxd5
16.Qxc7 Nc6 17.Be3 O-O 18.Rhc1 Rac8 19.Qb7 g5 20.h3 h5 21.g4 f6 22.Rxc6 Rxc6
23.Rc1 Rc5 24.Qxe7 Rxc1 25.Bxc1 hxg4 26.hxg4 fxe5 27.Qxg5+ Kh7 28.Qe3 exd4
29.Qd3+ Kg8 30.Bb2 Rf7 31.g5 Rf5 32.Bc1 b5 33.Kg3 Qd6+ 34.Kg4 Rc5 35.Bf4 Qe6+
36.Kg3 Rc3 37.Qxd4 Qc6 38.Qd8+ Kh7 39.Be3 Qc7+ 40.Qxc7+ Rxc7 41.Nd4 b4 42.f4 Rc3
43.Kf3 a5 44.f5 a4 45.g6+ Kg7 46.Ne6+ Kf6 47.Ke4  1-0

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2009.05.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Hess,Ro"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[ECO "C10"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Nbd7 6.Nf3 h6 7.Nxf6+ Nxf6 8.Bh4 c5
9.c3 cxd4 10.Nxd4 Be7 11.Bd3 O-O 12.Bc2 e5 13.Nf5 Bxf5 14.Bxf5 g6 15.Bxf6 Bxf6
16.Be4 Qxd1+ 17.Rxd1 Rad8 18.Ke2 b6 19.Bc6 Rxd1 20.Rxd1 Rd8 21.Rxd8+ Bxd8
22.Kd3 Kf8 23.Ke4 Bc7 24.Kd5 Ke7 25.Bb5 e4 26.Kxe4 f5+ 27.Ke3 g5 28.h3 Bf4+
29.Kd4 Bc1 30.b3 Bd2 31.Ke5 Bxc3+ 32.Kxf5 Kf7 33.Ba6 Be1 34.f3 Bb4 35.g4 Ba3
36.Ke5 Ke7 37.Kd5 Kd7 38.Bb5+ Ke7 39.Kc6 Bc5 40.Ba6 Kd8 41.a4 Ke7 42.Kb7 b5
43.Bxb5 a5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Chicago Open"]
[Site "Wheeling USA"]
[Date "2009.05.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Young,An"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[ECO "D02"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c5 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 Nf6 5.O-O e6 6.a3 b5 7.Bg5 Bb7 8.Nc3 h6 9.Bxf6 gxf6
10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.Nxb5 Qb6 12.Nc3 Be7 13.Rb1 f5 14.e3 O-O 15.Nd4 Nxd4 16.exd4 Ba6
17.Re1 Bf6 18.Ne2 Bc4 19.b3 Bxe2 20.Rxe2 Rac8 21.Qd2 Qxd4 22.Qxh6 Bg7 23.Qd2 Qb6
24.Bf1 Rfd8 25.Qd1 Rc3 26.Rd2 Qc5 27.Bd3 Qxa3 28.Ra1 Qc5 29.Ra4 Rb8 30.Qh5 Rb4
31.Rxb4 Qxb4 32.Re2 Rc8 33.Qg5 a5 34.Kg2 Kf8 35.h3 Qd4 36.Re3 Bf6 37.Qh5 f4
38.Qh6+ Ke7 39.Qxf4 Qxf4 40.gxf4 Kd6 41.Rg3 Rh8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Chicago Open"]
[Site "Wheeling USA"]
[Date "2009.05.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Molner,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2384"]
[ECO "E16"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 c5 6.d5 exd5 7.Nh4 b5 8.cxd5 d6
9.O-O g6 10.a4 bxa4 11.Nc3 Bg7 12.Qxa4+ Nbd7 13.Qb5 Rb8 14.Qd3 a6 15.h3 O-O
16.Nf3 Qc7 17.Ra2 c4 18.Qd1 Nb6 19.e4 Nfd7 20.Be3 Nc5 21.Bd4 Nd3 22.Bxg7 Kxg7
23.Ne1 Nb4 24.Qd4+ f6 25.Ra3 Nd7 26.Ne2 a5 27.Nf4 Rfe8 28.Ne6+ Rxe6 29.dxe6 Nc5
30.Rc3 Ba6 31.Nf3 Nxe6 32.Qd2 Nd3 33.Rb1 Nec5 34.Ne1 Qb6 35.Nxd3 cxd3 36.Kh2  1/2-1/2

[Event "Chicago Open"]
[Site "Wheeling USA"]
[Date "2009.05.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Garcia,Gild"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2401"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Be2 Nbd7 6.h3 Bh5 7.O-O e5 8.Be3 Be7
9.Nd2 Bg6 10.f4 exf4 11.Bxf4 O-O 12.Bf3 Qc7 13.a4 Rfe8 14.Nc4 Rad8 15.Qd2 Ne5
16.Qe2 Nxf3+ 17.Qxf3 Qc8 18.Rad1 d5 19.exd5 Bxc2 20.Rc1 Bb3 21.d6 Bxc4 22.dxe7 Rxe7
23.Rfe1 Rxe1+ 24.Rxe1 Qd7 25.Be5 Ne8 26.Qf2 f6 27.Bf4 a5 28.Kh2 Nc7 29.Ne4 Nd5
30.Bg3 Nb4 31.Nd6 Bf7 32.Re2 Nd5 33.Qf3 b6 34.h4 h6 35.h5 Be6 36.Re4 f5 37.Re1 f4
38.Bh4 Bg4 39.Qa3 Rf8 40.Nc4 Qf7 41.Re5 f3 42.gxf3 Bxf3 43.Bg3 Bxh5 44.Qd6 Qf1
45.Qe6+ Bf7 46.Qxc6 Nf4  0-1

[Event "Chicago Open"]
[Site "Wheeling USA"]
[Date "2009.05.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Perelshteyn,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[ECO "E94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 d6 5.e4 O-O 6.Be2 Na6 7.O-O e5 8.Be3 Ng4
9.Bg5 Qe8 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Nd2 f6 12.Bh4 Nh6 13.f3 c6 14.Bf2 Qe7 15.Qa4 Re8
16.Nb3 Nf7 17.Rfd1 f5 18.a3 Nc7 19.Nc5 Ng5 20.b4 Nce6 21.Nxe6 Nxe6 22.Bd3 Nd4
23.b5 Bd7 24.Qb4 c5 25.Qb2 Rf8 26.Nd5 Qd6 27.Bxd4 exd4 28.exf5 gxf5 29.Re1 Rae8
30.Qc2 Kh8 31.a4 Be5 32.g3 Be6 33.f4 Bg7 34.Qg2 Rd8 35.a5 Rde8 36.Kf1 Bd7
37.Rxe8 Rxe8 38.Re1 Rxe1+ 39.Kxe1 Qf8 40.Qe2 Bf6 41.b6 axb6 42.Nxb6 Qf7 43.Nxd7 Qxd7
44.Qh5 Bd8 45.Qxf5 Bxa5+ 46.Kf2 Qxf5 47.Bxf5 Kg7 48.Be4 b6 49.g4 Bd2 50.Kf3 h6
51.Bd3 Kf7 52.h4 Be1 53.g5 h5 54.f5 Bxh4 55.Kf4 Be1 56.f6 Ke6 57.Bf5+ Kf7
58.Be4  1-0

[Event "Chicago Open"]
[Site "Wheeling USA"]
[Date "2009.05.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Shulman,Y"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[ECO "D27"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e3 a6 6.Bxc4 c5 7.O-O b5 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.a3 Nbd7 11.b4 Be7 12.Bb2 O-O 13.Rc1  1/2-1/2

[Event "National Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2009.06.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Tayar,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2334"]
[ECO "D39"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e4 Bb4 6.Bg5 c5 7.e5 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Qa5
9.exf6 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 Qxg5 11.fxg7 Qxg7 12.Qd2 O-O 13.Bxc4 a6 14.O-O b5 15.Bd3 Bb7
16.f3 Nd7 17.a4 b4 18.Be2 Rfd8 19.Rfd1 Nc5 20.Qe3 bxc3 21.Qxc3 Rac8 22.Qe3 Rd5
23.Bc4 Re5 24.Qf2 Qf6 25.Rab1 Ba8 26.a5 Kh8 27.Rbc1 Rg8 28.Bf1 Reg5 29.Rc4 Nd7
30.Ne2 Ne5 31.Rf4 Qg7 32.Ng3 Nc6 33.Rd7 Rf8 34.Qb6 Rxa5 35.Rc7 Rd5 36.Rxc6 Bxc6
37.Qxc6 a5 38.Qc7 f5 39.Qb6 Qe5 40.Ra4 Rb8 41.Qa7 Rbd8 42.f4 Qd6 43.Rxa5 Qxf4
44.Rxd5 exd5 45.Qb6 Rf8 46.Qc5 Rd8 47.Bd3 Qe5 48.Nxf5 Ra8 49.g3 Re8 50.Kg2 Ra8
51.Kf3 Re8 52.h4 Rd8 53.g4 Re8 54.g5 Qa1 55.Qd4+ Qxd4 56.Nxd4 Re1 57.Nf5 Rd1
58.Be2 Ra1 59.Ke3 Ra4 60.Bf3 d4+ 61.Nxd4 Ra5 62.Be4 Rc5 63.Kf4 Ra5 64.Nf5 Rb5
65.h5 Ra5 66.g6 hxg6 67.hxg6 Ra6 68.Kg5 Rb6 69.Bd3 Rb7 70.Bc4 Rc7 71.Be6 Rb7
72.Kf6 Rg7 73.Bf7 Rxg6+ 74.Bxg6 Kg8 75.Bf7+ Kh7 76.Ne7 Kh8 77.Ng6+ Kh7 78.Be6 Kh6
79.Bg8 Kh5 80.Ne5 Kh6 81.Ng4+ Kh5 82.Kf5 Kh4 83.Kf4 Kh3 84.Ne3 Kh4 85.Bf7 Kh3
86.Bg6 Kh4 87.Ng2+ Kh3 88.Kf3 Kh2 89.Kf2 Kh3 90.Bf5+ Kh2 91.Ne3 Kh1 92.Bg4  1-0

[Event "National Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2009.06.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bradford,J"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2419"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 c5 5.O-O Nc6 6.d4 Be7 7.cxd5 exd5 8.dxc5 Bxc5
9.a3 a6 10.Bg5 O-O 11.Nc3 d4 12.Bxf6 Qxf6 13.Nd5 Qd8 14.Nf4 Re8 15.Rc1 Ba7
16.Qd2 Bf5 17.Rfe1 Be4 18.Nd3 Qe7 19.b4 Rad8 20.Ng5 Bxg2 21.Kxg2 h6 22.Nf3 Rd6
23.a4 Bb6 24.Qb2 Qd7 25.b5 axb5 26.axb5 Na5 27.Rc2 Qf5 28.Rec1 Rd5 29.Rb1 g5
30.Qb4 Qe4 31.Kg1 Qf5 32.Kg2 Kg7 33.Ra2 Ra8 34.Rbb2 Qe6 35.Rc2 Rf5 36.Kg1 Qd5
37.Rcb2 Rf6 38.Ra4 Rd6 39.Rba2 Re6 40.Nxd4 Qxd4 41.Qxd4+ Bxd4 42.Rxd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "National Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2009.06.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Kraai,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qc2 c5 6.d5 exd5 7.cxd5 g6 8.Nc3 Bg7
9.Bg2 O-O 10.O-O d6 11.a4 Nbd7 12.h3 Re8 13.Re1 Rc8 14.e4 c4 15.Be3 Nc5 16.Nd4 Nd3
17.Nc6 Nxe1 18.Rxe1 Qc7 19.Nb5 Bxb5 20.axb5 Nd7 21.Ra1 a5 22.bxa6 Ne5 23.Nb4 c3
24.b3 Ra8 25.Bf1 f5 26.Bb5 Nf3+ 27.Kg2 Rxe4 28.Bc6 Ra7 29.Na2 Ne5 30.Nxc3 Rb4
31.Ra3 Nxc6 32.Na2 Rb5 33.Qxc6 Qxc6 34.dxc6 d5 35.c7 Rxc7 36.a7 Rxa7 37.Rxa7 d4
38.Bd2 Rxb3 39.Nb4 Rb2 40.Ra2 Rxa2 41.Nxa2 Kf7 42.Kf3 Ke6 43.Ke2 Kd5 44.Kd3  1-0

[Event "National Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2009.06.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Fressinet,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[ECO "D46"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O dxc4
9.Bxc4 b5 10.Be2 Bb7 11.Rd1 Qb8 12.e4 e5 13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.Nd4 Ng6 15.g3 Re8
16.Bg5 Be5 17.Nf5 Re6 18.f4 Bc7 19.Bf3 Bb6+ 20.Kg2 b4 21.Bxf6 Rxf6 22.Na4 c5
23.Rf1 Qe8 24.Rad1 Bc6 25.b3 Rd8 26.Rxd8 Qxd8 27.e5 Bxf3+ 28.Rxf3 Re6 29.Qe4 Qe8
30.Qd5 Ne7 31.Nxe7+ Qxe7 32.Nb2 g6 33.Nc4 Bc7 34.Qa8+ Qe8 35.Qxe8+ Rxe8 36.Rd3 Re6
37.Rd7 Rc6 38.Kf3 Kf8 39.Ke4 Ke8 40.Rd2 h5 41.h3 f6  1-0

[Event "World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2009.07.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[ECO "E61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 O-O 5.Bg5 d6 6.e3 c6 7.Be2 a6 8.O-O b5 9.a3 Nbd7
10.Qc2 bxc4 11.Bxc4 c5 12.Rfd1 Bb7 13.Rac1 Bxf3 14.gxf3 cxd4 15.Rxd4 Nc5
16.Rdd1 a5 17.b4 axb4 18.axb4 Ncd7 19.f4 Rc8 20.Qb3 Rb8 21.Bb5 Kh8 22.Bc6 Nb6
23.Nb5 Nc8 24.Nc3 e6 25.b5 Qb6 26.Qa3 Kg8 27.h3 d5 28.f5 Nh5 29.e4 h6 30.fxe6 fxe6
31.Be3 d4 32.Na4 Qa7 33.Bd2 Nb6 34.Bb4 Qxa4 35.Bxf8 Rxf8 36.Qc5 Nf4 37.Rd2 Qa5
38.Rcd1 Qc3 39.Qxc3 dxc3 40.Rc2 Nc4 41.Kf1 Nxh3  0-1

[Event "World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2009.07.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Bareev,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Nf3 b5 6.c5 g6 7.Bd3 Bg7 8.b4 a5 9.bxa5 Qxa5
10.Bd2 b4 11.Ne2 Qa3 12.Bc1 Qa4 13.Qxa4 Rxa4 14.Bc2 Ra7 15.Ne5 Ne4 16.Nd3 Na6
17.Bb2 Bf5 18.O-O-O Bh6 19.Kb1 O-O 20.Ng3 Nxg3 21.hxg3 Bg7 22.Nc1 Bd7 23.Rd3 e5
24.Rb3 Rb8 25.Nd3 exd4 26.exd4 Rab7 27.Re1 Bf5 28.Ne5 Bxc2+ 29.Kxc2 Rc7 30.Bc1 Ra8
31.Bf4 g5 32.Bd2 h6 33.f4 Bxe5 34.Rxe5 Rca7 35.fxg5 Nc7 36.gxh6 Rxa2+ 37.Kd1 R8a3
38.Rxb4 Nb5 39.Re3 Rxe3 40.Bxe3 Nc3+ 41.Kc1 Ne2+ 42.Kb1 Nc3+ 43.Kc1 Ne2+
44.Kb1  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2009.07.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ramirez,Alej"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[ECO "C01"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bd3 O-O 7.O-O Bg4 8.Nbd2 Nbd7
9.c3 c6 10.Qc2 Bh5 11.Rfe1 Bg6 12.Bxg6 hxg6 13.Qb3 Nb6 14.a4 Rb8 15.a5 Nc8
16.a6 b5 17.Qc2 Nd7 18.Bxe7 Nxe7 19.Nb3 Nf5 20.Ne5 Nxe5 21.Rxe5 Re8 22.Rae1  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2009.07.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "De Firmian,N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[ECO "A63"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 a6 7.a4 g6 8.g3 Bg7 9.Bg2 O-O
10.O-O Nbd7 11.Bf4 Qc7 12.Qd2 Ng4 13.Ne4 Nde5 14.Nxe5 Nxe5 15.Bh6 Bf5 16.Bxg7 Kxg7
17.Nc3 Qd7 18.b3 Bh3 19.f4 Bxg2 20.Kxg2 Ng4 21.e4 Rae8 22.Rae1 f6 23.a5 Rf7
24.h3 Nh6 25.Re3 Rfe7 26.Rfe1 Nf7 27.Na4 f5 28.Nb6 Qc7 29.Qc3+ Kg8 30.exf5 gxf5
31.Kf2 Re4 32.Rxe4 fxe4 33.Qf6 c4 34.Nxc4 Qc5+ 35.Ne3 Rc8 36.Re2 Qc3 37.Qxc3 Rxc3
38.Rb2 h5 39.b4 Rc1 40.Rc2 Rb1 41.Rc4 Rb2+ 42.Ke1 h4 43.g4 Rh2 44.Rxe4 Rxh3
45.g5 Rh1+ 46.Kf2 h3 47.Nf5  1-0

[Event "World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2009.07.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Stopa,Ja"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Bd3 e5 4.c3 c6 5.Nf3 Qc7 6.O-O Be7 7.h3 O-O 8.a4 Nbd7
9.Nbd2 b6 10.Re1 Bb7 11.Qc2 a6 12.Nf1 b5 13.Ng3 Rfe8 14.b3 Bf8 15.Bb2 g6
16.h4 h5 17.b4 c5 18.bxc5 dxc5 19.Nxe5 Nxe5 20.dxe5 Ng4 21.c4 b4 22.f4 Qd8
23.Nf1 Qxh4 24.g3 Qh3 25.Qg2 Qxg2+ 26.Kxg2 Rad8 27.Bc2 Bg7 28.Rad1 f6 29.Rxd8 Rxd8
30.exf6 Bxf6 31.Bxf6 Nxf6 32.Kh3 Kg7 33.e5 Ng4 34.Kh4 Kh6 35.Rd1 Rxd1 36.Bxd1 Bg2
37.Bxg4 Bxf1 38.e6 Kg7  0-1

[Event "World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2009.07.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Smirin,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[ECO "E92"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 d6 5.e4 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.Qxd8 Rxd8
9.Bg5 Re8 10.Nd5 Nxd5 11.cxd5 c6 12.Bc4 b5 13.Bb3 a5 14.a4 Bd7 15.dxc6 Nxc6
16.axb5 Nb4  1/2-1/2

[Event "TIM"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2009.08.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Roussel Roozmon,T"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6 4.f4 Qa5 5.Bd3 e5 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.O-O Be7 8.Be3 O-O
9.Qe1 Qc7 10.Kh1 Re8 11.fxe5 dxe5 12.dxe5 Nxe5 13.Nxe5 Qxe5 14.Bf4 Qh5 15.e5 Bb4
16.exf6 Rxe1 17.Raxe1 Bf5 18.Re5 Bxd3 19.Rxh5 Bxf1 20.Ne4  1/2-1/2

[Event "TIM"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2009.08.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Bhat,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2473"]
[ECO "D46"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O dxc4
9.Bxc4 b5 10.Be2 Bb7 11.Rd1 Qb8 12.e4 e5 13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.Nd4 b4 15.Nf5 Bc5
16.Na4 Bxf2+ 17.Kxf2 Neg4+ 18.Bxg4 Nxg4+ 19.Ke1 Qxh2 20.Qe2 Rad8 21.Bg5 f6
22.Be3 h5 23.Kf1 Bc8 24.Ne7+ Kh7 25.Bg1 Qh1 26.Rxd8 Rxd8 27.Nxc8 Nh2+ 28.Kf2 Ng4+
29.Kf1 Nh2+ 30.Kf2 Ng4+ 31.Kf1 Nh2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "TIM"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2009.08.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shulman,Y"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.Nxd5 exd5 10.a3 Nc6 11.Bd3 Bb6 12.O-O Qf6 13.b4 h6 14.Bc2 Bf5 15.b5 Na5
16.Be5 Bxc2 17.Qxc2 Qe6 18.Rfd1 a6 19.Qd3 Rfd8 20.a4 Nc4 21.Bd4 axb5 22.axb5 Qe4
23.Qb3 Bxd4 24.Nxd4 Kh7 25.h3 Rxa1 26.Rxa1 Rd6 27.Qc2 Rb6 28.Qxe4+ dxe4 29.Rc1 Ne5
30.Rc7 Kg6 31.Kf1 Kf6 32.Ke2 Ng6 33.f3 Nf8 34.fxe4 Ne6 35.Nxe6 Kxe6 36.Rc5 Rd6
37.h4 g6 38.g4 Rd7 39.Rc8 Rd6 40.Re8+ Kd7 41.Re5 b6 42.Rd5 Ke6 43.Rd4 Rd7
44.Rc4 Ke5 45.h5 Rd6 46.Rc7 gxh5 47.gxh5 Rf6 48.Re7+ Re6 49.Rxf7 Kxe4 50.Rf4+ Kd5
51.Kf3 Re5 52.Rf6 Rxh5 53.Rxb6 Rf5+ 54.Kg4 Re5 55.Kf4 Re4+ 56.Kf3 Rh4 57.Rg6 Rh1
58.b6 h5 59.Rh6 h4 60.Kg4 Ke4 61.Re6+ Kd5 62.Re7 Kd6 63.Rh7 Re1 64.b7 Rg1+
65.Kxh4 Rg8 66.Rg7 Rf8 67.Kg4 Ke5 68.Re7+ Kd6 69.Rf7 Kd5  1-0

[Event "TIM"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2009.08.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Bluvshtein,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[ECO "A62"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.g3 Bg7 8.Bg2 O-O
9.O-O Re8 10.Bf4 Nh5 11.Bg5 Qb6 12.Qc2 Nd7 13.a4 Ne5 14.a5 Qa6 15.Nxe5 Rxe5
16.Bd2 b5 17.axb6 Qxb6 18.Na4 Qb5 19.e4 Bd7 20.Bc3 Ree8 21.Rfe1 Rab8 22.Bxg7 Kxg7
23.Re3  1/2-1/2

[Event "TIM"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2009.08.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Moiseenko,A1"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.a3 Nc6
9.Qc2 Qa5 10.Rd1 Be7 11.Be2 Ne4 12.cxd5 Nxc3 13.Qxc3 Qxc3+ 14.bxc3 exd5 15.Rxd5 Bxa3
16.Nd4 Nxd4 17.exd4 b6 18.Kd2 a6 19.Ra1 Be6 20.Re5 Bd6 21.Re4 Bxf4+ 22.Rxf4 b5
23.Bf3 Ra7 24.Bc6 Rb8 25.Re1 g5 26.Rfe4 Rc7 27.d5 Rd8 28.Kc1 Rdc8 29.Re5 h6
30.Rxe6 fxe6 31.Rxe6 Kg7 32.Kb2 Rf8 33.Re2 Rf6 34.Kb3 Rfxc6 35.dxc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "TIM"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2009.09.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Naiditsch,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[ECO "D36"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nc3 c6 6.Qc2 Be7 7.Bg5 O-O 8.e3 Ne4
9.Bf4 f5 10.Bd3 Nd7 11.h3 g6 12.g4 g5 13.Bh2 fxg4 14.Nxe4 Rxf3 15.Nd6 Nf8
16.Bxh7+  1-0

[Event "TIM"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2009.09.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Onischuk,Al"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[ECO "D34"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.g3 Nf6 7.Bg2 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.Bg5 d4 11.Bxf6 Qxf6 12.Ne4 Qe7 13.Nxc5 Qxc5 14.Qb3 Re8 15.Rfe1 Re7
16.Rac1 Qa5 17.a3 Bg4 18.h3 Bh5 19.g4 Bg6 20.Nh4 Rd8 21.Red1 Qg5 22.Nxg6 hxg6
23.Qd3 Ne5 24.Qg3 Qf6 25.g5 Qf5 26.Rd2 d3 27.Rcd1 Red7 28.exd3 Rxd3 29.Rxd3 Rxd3
30.Rxd3 Nxd3 31.Qb8+ Kh7 32.Qxa7 Qxg5 33.Qxb7 Nf4 34.Kh2 Nxg2 35.Qxg2 Qe5+
36.Qg3 Qxb2 37.Kg2 Qb5 38.Qh4+ Kg8 39.a4 Qd5+ 40.Kh2 Qe5+ 41.Kg1 f5 42.Qb4 f4
43.Kg2 Kh7 44.Qb7 Qg5+ 45.Kh2 Qe5 46.Qb5 Qd4 47.Kg1 f3 48.a5 Qd1+ 49.Qf1 Qd5
50.a6 Qg5+ 51.Kh1 Qh4 52.Qg1 Qa4 53.Qg3 Qxa6 54.Qxf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "TIM"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2009.09.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Maze,S"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[ECO "C10"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Nbd7 6.Nf3 h6 7.Nxf6+ Nxf6 8.Be3 Nd5
9.Bd3 Nxe3 10.fxe3 Bd6 11.e4 e5 12.dxe5 Bc5 13.Bb5+ c6 14.Qxd8+ Kxd8 15.Bc4 Ke7
16.Ke2 Be6 17.Bxe6 Kxe6 18.a4 Rhd8 19.Rhd1 Bb6 20.Rd3 Bc7 21.Rf1 g6 22.h4 Rd7
23.Nd4+ Rxd4 24.Rxd4 Bxe5 25.Rd3 h5 26.Rfd1 Re8 27.Rd7 Re7 28.Rxe7+ Kxe7
29.Kf3 Bf6 30.g3 Ke6 31.Rd3 b6 32.b4 a6 33.c4 Be7 34.Rb3 Ke5 35.b5 cxb5 36.cxb5 a5
37.Rc3 Bc5 38.Rxc5+ bxc5 39.Ke3 f6 40.Kd3 Ke6 41.Kc4 Kd6 42.b6 Kc6 43.b7 Kxb7
44.Kxc5 Kc7 45.Kb5 Kd6 46.Kxa5 Kc5 47.Ka6 Kc6 48.a5 g5 49.Ka7 Kc7 50.Ka8 Kc8
51.e5 fxe5 52.hxg5 Kd7 53.g6 Ke7 54.g7 Kf7 55.g8=Q+ Kxg8 56.a6  1-0

[Event "TIM"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2009.09.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Kovalyov,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Ba6 5.Qc2 Bb7 6.Nc3 c5 7.e4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bc5
9.Nb3 Nc6 10.Bf4 e5 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bh4 Be7 13.Rd1 O-O 14.Be2 a5 15.Bxf6 Bxf6
16.Nb5 Ba6 17.Bg4 a4 18.Nd2 Bxb5 19.cxb5 Nd4 20.Qd3 d5 21.Nf3 Ra5 22.Nxd4 exd4
23.Be2 dxe4 24.Qxe4 Re8 25.Qd3 Re5 26.O-O Qe8 27.Bf3 Rexb5 28.Rfe1 Re5 29.Rxe5 Rxe5
30.g3 Rb5 31.Qc2 d3 32.Qxa4 Bxb2 33.Rxd3 Bf6 34.Kg2 Re5 35.Qxe8+ Rxe8 36.Rd7 Re7
37.Rd8+ Kh7 38.Rd6 Re6 39.Rd7 Re7 40.Rd6 Re6 41.Rxe6 fxe6 42.Bg4 Bb2 43.a4 e5
44.Bf5+ g6 45.Be4 Kg7 46.h4 Kf6 47.Kf3 Bd4 48.Ke2 Bc5 49.Kf3 Bd4 50.Ke2 Bc5
51.Kf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "TIM"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2009.09.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bacrot,E"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[ECO "C10"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Bg5 h6 7.Nxf6+ Nxf6 8.Be3 Nd5
9.Bd3 Nxe3 10.fxe3 Bd6 11.e4 c5 12.e5 Be7 13.Qe2 Bd7 14.O-O-O Qc7 15.Rhf1 O-O-O
16.Kb1 Bc6 17.Be4 Rd7 18.dxc5 Rxd1+ 19.Rxd1 Bxc5 20.Bxc6 Qxc6 21.Ne1 Rd8
22.Nd3 Bd4 23.Rf1 f6 24.exf6 Bxf6 25.Re1 Rd6 26.Qg4 Qb6 27.Qc4+ Kb8 28.c3 Rc6
29.Qf4+ Kc8 30.Kc2 Qa5 31.Nb4 Qa4+ 32.Kb1 Rb6 33.Qc4+ Kb8 34.Qf4+ Kc8 35.Qc4+ Kb8
36.a3 Qd7 37.Nd3 Qd6 38.g3 Rc6 39.Qf4 Kc7 40.Kc2 Qxf4 41.Nxf4 Kd7 42.Re4 Rd6
43.Ra4 a6 44.Nd3 Rd5 45.Rb4 Kc7 46.Re4 Kd6 47.b4 b6 48.g4 Kd7 49.h3 Rd6 50.Re3 Rd5
51.Re2 Ke7 52.a4 Kd7 53.Re4 Rd6 54.Re3 Rc6 55.Nf2 a5 56.bxa5 bxa5 57.Ne4 Be7
58.Nd2 Rc5 59.Rf3 h5 60.Rf7 hxg4 61.hxg4 Ke8 62.Rxg7 Bf6 63.Rg6 Rxc3+ 64.Kd1 Be7
65.Rxe6 Ra3 66.Re4 Kf8 67.Nb1 Rg3 68.Nd2 Ra3 69.Kc1 Bb4 70.Nc4 Rxa4 71.Kb2 Be7
72.Nd2 Rxe4  1/2-1/2

[Event "TIM"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2009.09.07"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Tiviakov,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[ECO "E34"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 Qxd5 6.e3 c5 7.Bd2 Bxc3 8.Bxc3 cxd4
9.Bxd4 Nc6 10.Bc3 Bd7 11.Nf3 Rc8 12.a3 Ne7 13.Be2 Bb5 14.Rd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup A"]
[Site "Lubbuck USA"]
[Date "2009.09.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Mamedov,Rau"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "A42"]

1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Nf3 Nd7 5.e4 e5 6.Be2 Ne7 7.h4 h6 8.Be3 f5 9.dxe5 dxe5
10.g3 fxe4 11.Nxe4 Nf5 12.Qc2 O-O 13.O-O-O Qe8 14.g4 Nxe3 15.fxe3 Nf6 16.Nxf6+ Rxf6
17.Nd2 e4 18.Nxe4 Rb6 19.b3 Re6 20.Bd3  1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup A"]
[Site "Lubbuck USA"]
[Date "2009.09.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Andreikin,D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[ECO "E90"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 O-O 5.e4 c6 6.Bd3 d6 7.h3 e5 8.d5 Nh5 9.Bg5 f6
10.Be3 f5 11.exf5 gxf5 12.g4 fxg4 13.Ng5 Nf4 14.Bxh7+ Kh8 15.Nce4 Bh6 16.hxg4 Bxg5
17.Bf5+ Kg7 18.Bxc8 Ng2+ 19.Ke2 Bxe3 20.Bf5 Bh6 21.Rxh6 Kxh6 22.Qh1+ Nh4
23.g5+ Kg7 24.Qxh4 Rh8 25.Qg4 cxd5 26.cxd5 Qb6 27.Rd1 Na6 28.b3 Rh2 29.Qg3 Rah8
30.Qe3 Qb4 31.Rc1 Rh1 32.Rc3 Ra1 33.g6 Rxa2+ 34.Kf3 Qd4 35.Nxd6 Qxd5+ 36.Ne4 Qd1+
37.Kg2 Qh1+ 38.Kg3 Ra1  0-1

[Event "SPICE Cup A"]
[Site "Lubbuck USA"]
[Date "2009.09.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "So,W"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[ECO "C10"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Bd3 c5 7.O-O Nxe4 8.Bxe4 Nf6
9.Bg5 cxd4 10.Nxd4 Be7 11.Bf3 O-O 12.c3 Qc7 13.Bh4 Bd6 14.g3 Bd7 15.Qb3 Rab8
16.Nb5 Bxb5 17.Qxb5 h6 18.Bxf6 gxf6 19.Rad1 Rfd8 20.Rd3 a6 21.Qa4 Bc5 22.Rfd1 Rxd3
23.Rxd3 Rd8 24.Qg4+ Kf8 25.Qf4 Qb6 26.Rxd8+ Qxd8 27.Bxb7 Qb6 28.Be4 f5 29.b4 Bxf2+
30.Qxf2 Qxf2+ 31.Kxf2 fxe4 32.h4 f5 33.h5 Ke7 34.Ke3 e5 35.c4 Kd6 36.a3 Kc6
37.Kd2 Kb6 38.Kc3 a5 39.Kd2 axb4 40.axb4 Kc6 41.Ke3  1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup A"]
[Site "Lubbuck USA"]
[Date "2009.09.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hammer,J"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[ECO "D34"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.g3 Nc6 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg2 Nf6 7.O-O Be7 8.Nc3 O-O
9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.Bg5 d4 11.Ne4 Be7 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.b4 Nxb4 14.Nxf6+ Qxf6 15.Qxd4 Qe7
16.Qe5 Qxe5 17.Nxe5 Be6 18.Bxb7 Rab8 19.Bf3 Rb5 20.Rfb1 Rfb8 21.a3 Nc2 22.Rxb5 Rxb5
23.Rd1 g5 24.Nc6 Nxa3 25.Rd8+ Kg7 26.Nd4 Rb6 27.Nxe6+ Rxe6 28.Rd5 Kg6 29.Bg4 Re7
30.Bf5+ Kf6 31.Bd3 Re5 32.Rd6+ Re6 33.Rxe6+ Kxe6 34.Bxh7 Nc4 35.Bd3 Kd5 36.e4+ Kd4
37.Bxc4 Kxc4 38.h4 Kd4 39.h5 Ke5 40.f4+ gxf4 41.gxf4+ Kf6 42.e5+ Kg7 43.f5 a5
44.e6 fxe6 45.fxe6 a4 46.e7  1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup A"]
[Site "Lubbuck USA"]
[Date "2009.09.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Kuzubov,Y"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "E38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 Bxc5 6.Nf3 Qb6 7.e3 Qc7 8.b3 a6
9.Bb2 Be7 10.g4 h6 11.O-O-O b5 12.Nd4 Bb7 13.Rg1 bxc4 14.Bxc4 Nc6 15.Nxc6 Qxc6
16.Kb1 Rc8 17.Qe2 d5 18.Bd3 Bb4 19.Na4 Qd6 20.h4 Kf8 21.g5 hxg5 22.hxg5 Nd7
23.Rh1 Rxh1 24.Rxh1 e5 25.Bf5 Rd8 26.Qg4 Bc6 27.f4 Bxa4 28.fxe5 Qb6 29.e6 fxe6
30.Bxe6 Ke7 31.Bxd5 Nc5 32.Qd4 Qg6+ 33.Ka1 Rxd5 34.Qxd5 Bc6 35.Qe5+ Ne6 36.Rc1 Bd7
37.Qd5 Qxg5 38.Qxg5+ Nxg5 39.Bxg7 Ke6 40.Kb2 Bd6 41.Rg1 Ne4 42.Bd4 Bb5 43.a4 Bc6
44.Rg6+ Kd7 45.Rg7+ Be7 46.Kc2 Ke6 47.Kd3 Nd6 48.Bc5 Be4+ 49.Ke2 Bc2 50.e4 Bxe4
51.Rxe7+ Kxe7 52.Kd2 Kd7 53.Bxd6 Kxd6 54.Kc3 Kc5 55.b4+ Kb6 56.b5 axb5 57.axb5 Kxb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup A"]
[Site "Lubbuck USA"]
[Date "2009.09.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mamedov,Rau"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[ECO "C01"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.Bd3 O-O 7.Ne2 Nc6 8.O-O Bg4
9.c5 Bxc3 10.bxc3 Bxe2 11.Qxe2 Re8 12.Qc2 b6 13.Qa4 Qd7 14.Ba3 Ne4 15.Qc2 Na5
16.Rae1 Nf6 17.Bc1  1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup A"]
[Site "Lubbuck USA"]
[Date "2009.09.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Andreikin,D"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[ECO "E06"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.d4 O-O 6.Qc2 c5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.dxc5 Qa5+
9.Bd2 Qxc5 10.Qxc5 Bxc5 11.Nc3 Nxc3 12.Bxc3 Nc6 13.Rc1 Bd7 14.Bxg7 Bxf2+
15.Kxf2 Kxg7 16.Rhd1 Rfd8 17.Nd4 Be8 18.Nxc6 Rxd1 19.Rxd1 bxc6 20.b4 Rb8
21.a3 a5 22.bxa5 Ra8 23.Rb1 Rxa5 24.Rb8 Bd7 25.Rb7 Be8 26.Rb8 Bd7 27.Rb7 Be8
28.Rb3 Kf6 29.Ke3 c5 30.Kd2 Bb5 31.Be4  1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup A"]
[Site "Lubbuck USA"]
[Date "2009.09.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "So,W"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.c5 Bf5 6.Nh4 Bg6 7.Bf4 Nbd7 8.e3 e5
9.Bg3 Be7 10.Be2 exd4 11.exd4 Nh5 12.Bxh5 Bxh4 13.Bg4 Bxg3 14.Bxd7+ Kxd7
15.Qg4+ f5 16.Qxg3 Re8+ 17.Kf1 Qf6 18.Qf4 Bf7 19.h4 h6 20.h5 Re6 21.Re1 Qg5
22.g3 Rae8 23.Rxe6 Rxe6 24.Rh4 Ke7 25.Qc7+ Kf8 26.Qb8+ Be8 27.Qf4 Kf7 28.Ne2 Kg8
29.Nc3 Bf7 30.Rh1 Qg4 31.Rh4 Qg5 32.Rh1 Qg4 33.Rh4 Qg5 34.Qb8+ Kh7 35.Qf4 Kg8  1/2-1/2

[Event "SPICE Cup A"]
[Site "Lubbuck USA"]
[Date "2009.09.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Hammer,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[ECO "D80"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Ne4 5.Bh4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 dxc4 7.Qa4+ Qd7 8.Qxc4 b6
9.Bg3 c5 10.Be5 Ba6 11.Qb3 f6 12.Bxb8 Rxb8 13.Nf3 e6 14.e4 Bxf1 15.Kxf1 cxd4
16.cxd4 Bd6 17.g3 O-O 18.Kg2 a5 19.h4 a4 20.Qd3 b5 21.d5 Be5 22.Rad1 exd5
23.h5 Qb7 24.exd5 g5 25.Rhe1 Qf7 26.Rd2 Qxh5 27.Nxe5 fxe5 28.Rxe5 Rbc8 29.f4 h6
30.Re7 Rf7 31.Rxf7 Qxf7 32.Qxb5 gxf4 33.Qxa4 f3+ 34.Kf2 Rc3 35.Qg4+ Kh7 36.Qe4+ Kg8
37.d6 Qd7  1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup A"]
[Site "Lubbuck USA"]
[Date "2009.09.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kuzubov,Y"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[ECO "C01"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Bd3 c5 5.dxc5 Bxc5 6.Nf3 Nf6 7.O-O O-O 8.Bg5 Nc6
9.Nbd2 Bg4 10.c3 h6 11.Bh4 Re8 12.Qa4 Bd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.21"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Tregubov,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[ECO "A80"]

1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bg5 d5 4.Bxf6 exf6 5.e3 Be6 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.Nge2 Qd7 8.a3 O-O-O
9.Na4 g6 10.b4 Ne5 11.Nc5 Nxd3+ 12.Qxd3 Qe8 13.a4 Kb8 14.O-O Bc8 15.Rfb1 h5
16.a5 Rh7 17.c4 dxc4 18.Qxc4 h4 19.h3 g5 20.b5 Rd6 21.d5 Qf7 22.Nd4 Qxd5
23.Na6+ Ka8 24.Nxc7+ Rxc7 25.Qxc7 Rd8 26.a6 Qd7 27.axb7+  1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.22"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Tregubov,P"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Bg6 7.Nxg6 hxg6 8.Bd2 Nbd7
9.Be2 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Be7 11.O-O O-O 12.Qc2 Rc8 13.Rfd1 Qc7 14.Be1 Rfd8 15.Be2 e5
16.dxe5 Qxe5 17.Bf3 Qe6 18.Ne4 Nxe4 19.Qxe4 Qxe4 20.Bxe4 Nc5 21.Bc2 Bf6 22.Bb4 Na6
23.Bd2 Rd7 24.Ba5 Rd5 25.Be1 Rcd8 26.Rxd5 Rxd5 27.Rb1 Nc5 28.Kf1 Nd3 29.Bc3 Bxc3
30.bxc3 Nc5 31.Ke2 g5 32.Rb4 Kf8 33.h4 gxh4 34.Rxh4 g6 35.Rh8+ Ke7 36.e4 Rg5
37.g3 Ne6 38.Rb8 Rb5 39.Kd2 Nc5 40.Kc1 Nd7 41.Rc8 g5 42.a4 Ra5 43.Rc7 b5
44.axb5 cxb5 45.f4 gxf4 46.gxf4 Kd6 47.Rc8 Ra1+ 48.Bb1 f6 49.Re8 Ra6 50.Kd2 Rc6
51.Ba2 a5 52.Bd5 Rb6 53.Ra8 a4 54.Bf7 Nc5 55.Ke3 Ra6 56.Rc8 a3 57.e5+ fxe5
58.fxe5+ Ke7 59.Ba2 Nd7 60.Ke4 Ra4+ 61.Kf5 b4 62.e6 Ra5+ 63.Kf4 b3 64.Bxb3 Nc5
65.Rc7+ Ke8 66.Ba2 Nxe6+ 67.Bxe6 a2 68.Bxa2 Rxa2 69.Ke5 Rd2 70.Rc5 Ke7 71.Rd5 Rh2
72.Kd4 Ke6 73.Kc5 Rh8 74.Rd6+ Ke7 75.c4 Rc8+ 76.Rc6 Rb8 77.Rc7+ Kd8 78.Rh7 Rb1
79.Kc6 Rg1 80.Rh8+ Ke7 81.c5 Rc1 82.Rb8 Rc2 83.Rb5 Kd8 84.Rb8+ Ke7 85.Rb1 Kd8
86.Rh1 Ke7 87.Rd1 Ra2 88.Kc7 Ra7+ 89.Kb6  1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.23"]
[Round "1.14"]
[White "Tregubov,P"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[ECO "A41"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Bg4 3.e3 Nd7 4.c4 e5 5.Nc3 Ngf6 6.Be2 c6 7.O-O Be7 8.e4 O-O
9.d5 Nc5 10.Ne1 Bd7 11.f3 cxd5 12.cxd5 a5 13.Nd3 b6 14.Be3 Nh5 15.Qd2 g6
16.Bh6 Re8 17.Rae1 Rc8 18.Be3 Bf8 19.Nxc5 bxc5 20.Bc4 f5 21.exf5 gxf5 22.f4 e4
23.a4 Re7 24.Nb5 Rg7 25.Qe2 Nf6 26.Bd2 Rg6 27.Bc3 Be7 28.Qd2 Ra8 29.h3 h5
30.Re3 Kh7 31.Qe2 Kh6 32.Be1 Nh7 33.Rg3 Qg8 34.Rxg6+ Qxg6 35.b3 Kg7 36.Nc7 Rg8
37.Ne6+ Bxe6 38.dxe6 Nf6 39.Bc3 Kh6 40.Kh1 Qg3 41.Be1 Qg6 42.Bc3 h4 43.Qd1 Qxg2+  0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.23"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Tregubov,P"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.e3 Nf6 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bb5+ Bd7 7.Bxd7+ Nbxd7 8.O-O c4
9.Nc3 Bb4 10.Ne2 O-O 11.a3 Bd6 12.Nc3 a6 13.b3 b5 14.bxc4 bxc4 15.Qc2 Qe7
16.Re1 Rfe8 17.Bb2 Rab8 18.Nd2 Nb6 19.e4 Bf4 20.e5 Nfd7 21.a4 Qe6 22.Nf3 Nc8
23.Ba3 Na7 24.Rab1 Nc6 25.Bd6 Rxb1 26.Qxb1 Nd8 27.g3 Bh6 28.Kg2 g6 29.Qb4 Bf8
30.Bxf8 Rxf8 31.Qa5 Nc6 32.Qxd5 Rd8 33.Qe4 Nb6 34.h4 Nd5 35.Rc1 Na5 36.Ng5 Qd7
37.e6 fxe6 38.Nxe6 Re8 39.Qxd5 Qxd5+ 40.Nxd5 Rxe6 41.Ne3 Kf8 42.Kf3 Rd6 43.Ke4 Rf6
44.Nxc4 Nxc4 45.Rxc4 Rxf2 46.Rc8+ Ke7 47.Rc7+ Kf6 48.Rxh7 Ra2 49.g4 Rxa4
50.g5+ Ke6 51.Rg7 Ra1 52.Rxg6+ Kf7 53.Rf6+ Kg7 54.h5 a5 55.Ra6 a4 56.Ra7+ Kg8
57.Kf5 a3 58.Kg6 Kf8 59.h6 a2 60.h7  1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.23"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Tregubov,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c6 4.Nbd2 f5 5.g3 Nf6 6.Bg2 Bd6 7.O-O O-O 8.Ne5 b6
9.Ndf3 Bb7 10.Bf4 Qe7 11.Rc1 Nbd7 12.cxd5 cxd5 13.Qa4 a6 14.Nc6 Bxc6 15.Qxc6 Bxf4
16.gxf4 Ne4 17.e3 Qd6 18.Qxd6 Nxd6 19.Rc6 Ne4 20.Rxe6 Rac8 21.Ne5 Rf6 22.Re7 Nxe5
23.Bxe4 fxe4 24.dxe5 Rg6+ 25.Kh1 Rc2 26.Rd7 Rxb2 27.Rxd5 Rc6 28.a4 g6 29.Kg2 Rb4
30.Rd4 Rxd4 31.exd4 Rc4 32.d5 Rxa4 33.d6 Rd4 34.Rc1 Kf7 35.Rc7+ Ke6 36.Re7+ Kf5
37.d7 a5 38.e6 a4 39.Re8 b5 40.e7  1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.23"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Tregubov,P"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.cxd5 exd5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.Be2 Nc6
9.O-O O-O 10.Nd4 Ne5 11.b3 Re8 12.Bb2 Bg4 13.h3 Bxe2 14.Ndxe2 Nc6 15.Rc1 Ba7
16.Na4 Ne4 17.Nd4 Rc8 18.Nxc6 bxc6 19.Qg4 f6 20.Rc2 Qd6 21.Rfc1 Bb8 22.g3 Ng5
23.h4 Ne4 24.Bd4 h6 25.Nc5 Nxc5 26.Bxc5 Qd8 27.Bd4 Qd6 28.h5 Rc7 29.Kg2 Re4
30.Qf5 Qe6 31.Qxe6+ Rxe6 32.Rc5 Kf7 33.Ra5 Rc8 34.Rxd5 cxd5 35.Rxc8 Be5 36.Rc5 Rd6
37.Rc7+ Kg8 38.Kf3 Re6 39.Rd7 Bd6 40.Ke2 Be7 41.Rxd5 Rc6 42.Kd3 Kf7 43.Ra5 Re6
44.Ra4 Kf8 45.Rc4  1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.23"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Tregubov,P"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[ECO "D34"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.g3 Nc6 6.Bg2 Nf6 7.O-O Be7 8.Nc3 O-O
9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.Na4 Be7 11.Be3 Bg4 12.Rc1 Re8 13.Nc3 Qd7 14.Qa4 h6 15.Rfd1 Bf8
16.Nd4 Rac8 17.Nxc6 bxc6 18.Qxa7 Qf5 19.Qa4 Rxe3 20.fxe3 Qe6 21.Qd4 Re8 22.Rf1 Bd6
23.Na4 Bxe2 24.Nc5 Bxc5 25.Rxc5 Bxf1 26.Bxf1 Ne4 27.Rc2 c5 28.Qd3 c4 29.Qd4 Nd6
30.Re2 Nf5 31.Qf4 g5 32.Qf2 Nxe3 33.b3 c3 34.Re1 d4 35.Bd3 Kg7 36.Re2 Qd5
37.b4 Re6 38.b5 Rf6 39.Qe1 Rf1+ 40.Qxf1 Nxf1 41.Kxf1 Qf3+  0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.23"]
[Round "1.16"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Tregubov,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c6 4.Nbd2 Nf6 5.g3 Nbd7 6.Bg2 b6 7.O-O Bb7 8.b3 Be7
9.Bb2 O-O 10.Rc1 Rc8 11.Qc2 c5 12.Qb1 dxc4 13.Nxc4 b5 14.Ncd2 Qb6 15.e3 h6
16.Rfd1 Rfd8 17.a4 a6 18.axb5 axb5 19.dxc5 Bxc5 20.Bd4 Bxd4 21.Nxd4 Bxg2
22.Kxg2 Nc5 23.b4 Na4 24.Rxc8 Rxc8 25.Rc1 Nc3 26.Qd3 Qb7+ 27.e4 Na2 28.Qxb5 Qa8
29.Rxc8+ Qxc8 30.Qc6 Qd8 31.Qc4 Qa8 32.Nc6 Qa3 33.Qb3  1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.23"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Tregubov,P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e3 Bd6 5.Bd3 f5 6.Qc2 Nf6 7.cxd5 cxd5 8.Nb5 Nc6
9.Nxd6+ Qxd6 10.a3 O-O 11.Nf3 Bd7 12.b4 Rfc8 13.Qe2 Be8 14.Bb2 Bh5 15.O-O Ne4
16.Qd1 Nb8 17.Be2 Bxf3 18.Bxf3 Nd7 19.Rc1 Nb6 20.Be2 Qd7 21.f3 Nd6 22.Rxc8+ Rxc8
23.Bd3 Qa4 24.Qe2 Qb3 25.Rc1 Nbc4 26.Rc2 Nxb2 27.Rxb2 Qxa3 28.Rc2 Qxb4 29.Rxc8+ Nxc8
30.Kf2 Nd6 31.g4 fxg4 32.fxg4 Qc3 33.g5 a5 34.h4 a4 35.h5 a3 36.g6 hxg6 37.hxg6 Qb2
38.Bc2 Ne4+ 39.Kf3 Qb4 40.Qh2 Qf8+ 41.Ke2 Qf2+ 42.Qxf2 Nxf2 43.Bb3 Ng4 44.Kd3 Kf8
45.e4 Nf6 46.e5 Ne4 47.Ba2 Ke7 48.Kc2 Ng3 49.Kb3 Nf5 50.Kxa3 Nxd4 51.Kb4 Nc6+
52.Kc5 Nxe5 53.Bb1 Kf6 54.Kd4  0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.23"]
[Round "1.15"]
[White "Tregubov,P"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[ECO "A41"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Bg4 3.e3 Nd7 4.c4 e5 5.Nc3 Ngf6 6.Be2 c6 7.O-O Be7 8.e4 O-O
9.Be3 Bh5 10.Nd2 Bg6 11.d5 Nc5 12.f3 a5 13.Nb3 Nfd7 14.Nxc5 Nxc5 15.Qd2 Qc7
16.Rad1 Rfd8 17.g4 h6 18.Kg2 a4 19.Rh1 Bh4 20.Kh3 Qe7 21.Qc2 a3 22.b4 Na6
23.Qb3 c5 24.bxc5 Nxc5 25.Bxc5 dxc5 26.d6 Qg5 27.Rd3 h5 28.Rf1 hxg4+ 29.fxg4 Qh6
30.Kg2 Bg5 31.Rh3 Bh4 32.Rd1 Rd7 33.Bf3 Ra6 34.Nb5 Qg5 35.Qd3 Qf6 36.Qd5 Rc6
37.Rd3 Bg5 38.Rxa3 Ra6 39.Rxa6 bxa6 40.Qa8+ Rd8 41.Qxa6 Be3 42.Qa5 Bxe4 43.Qe1 Qf4
44.Qg3 Bxf3+ 45.Qxf3 Qxc4 46.Qxe3 Qxb5 47.Qxe5 Re8 48.d7  0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.23"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Tregubov,P"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Nb6 8.Ne5 a5
9.f3 Nfd7 10.e4 Nxe5 11.dxe5 Qxd1+ 12.Kxd1 Be6 13.Kc2 f6 14.Rb1 fxe5 15.b4 Nc4
16.b5 O-O-O 17.bxc6 bxc6 18.Nd1 g6 19.Ne3 Nd6 20.Ba6+ Kd7 21.Rd1 Bh6 22.Ng4 Bxc1
23.Nxe5+ Kc7 24.Rdxc1 Rb8 25.Kc3 g5 26.Bd3 Nf7 27.Nc4 Bxc4 28.Bxc4 Ne5 29.Be2 h5
30.g3 Rxb1 31.Rxb1 h4 32.Kd4 Nd7 33.Ke3 hxg3 34.hxg3 e5 35.Rc1 Kd6 36.Rd1+ Kc7
37.Bc4 Nc5 38.Rc1 Rh3 39.Bf1 Nb3 40.Bxh3 Nxc1 41.Be6 Kd6 42.Bf7 Kc5 43.Kd2 Kb4
44.Kxc1 Kxa4 45.f4 gxf4 46.gxf4  1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.23"]
[Round "1.13"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Tregubov,P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c6 4.Nbd2 Nf6 5.g3 c5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Bg2 Nbd7 8.dxc5 Nxc5
9.O-O Be7 10.b3 O-O 11.Bb2 Re8 12.Rc1 Bf8 13.Nd4 Bg4 14.N2f3 Rc8 15.Rc2 Qb6
16.Qa1 Nce4 17.Rfc1 Rxc2 18.Rxc2 Bc5 19.e3 h6 20.Qc1 a6 21.h3 Bd7 22.Nd2 Bd6
23.N2f3 Nc5 24.Qd1 Nce4 25.g4 Bb8 26.Nf5 Bxf5 27.gxf5 Qd6 28.Qc1 Qd7 29.Nd4 Kh7
30.Qd1 Qd6 31.Nf3 Ng5 32.Nxg5+ hxg5 33.Bxf6 gxf6 34.Qxd5 Qh2+ 35.Kf1 Kg7
36.Qxb7 Rd8 37.Qf3 Qe5 38.Rc1 Rd2 39.Rd1 Rxa2 40.h4 Ra1 41.hxg5 fxg5 42.f6+ Kg8
43.Kg1 Rxd1+ 44.Qxd1  0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.23"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Tregubov,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c6 4.Nbd2 Nf6 5.g3 c5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Bg2 Nbd7 8.dxc5 Nxc5
9.O-O Be7 10.b3 O-O 11.Bb2 Bf5 12.Nd4 Bg6 13.Rc1 a6 14.N2f3 Be4 15.Bh3 Re8
16.Nd2 Bg6 17.Nf5 Bf8 18.Nf3 Ne6 19.N5h4 Bh5 20.Bxf6 gxf6 21.Nf5 Bg6 22.Qd2 Ng5
23.Nxg5 fxg5 24.Nd4 Bg7 25.e3 Qb6 26.Nf5 Rad8 27.Nxg7 Kxg7 28.Rfd1 Be4 29.Qd4+ Qxd4
30.Rxd4 Re7 31.Bg2 Bxg2 32.Kxg2 f5 33.Rcd1 Red7 34.g4 fxg4 35.Rxg4 Kf6 36.Rgd4 Ke6
37.h4 gxh4 38.Rxh4 Rg8+ 39.Kf1 Rg5 40.Ke2 h5 41.Rdh1 Rh7 42.a4 b5 43.a5 Rc7
44.Rxh5 Rxh5 45.Rxh5 Rc2+ 46.Kf3 Rb2 47.Rh6+ Ke5 48.Rxa6 Rxb3 49.Rb6 d4 50.a6 dxe3
51.fxe3 b4 52.Rb5+  1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.23"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Tregubov,P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[ECO "A58"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 g6 6.Nc3 Bxa6 7.e4 Bxf1 8.Kxf1 d6
9.Nf3 Nbd7 10.g3 Bg7 11.h3 O-O 12.Kg2 Ra6 13.Re1 Qa8 14.Bg5 h6 15.Bf4 Rb8
16.Qd2 Kh7 17.e5 dxe5 18.Nxe5 Nxe5 19.Bxe5 Rd8 20.Bxf6 Bxf6 21.Kg1 Qb7 22.Rad1 Rad6
23.Qe2 R8d7 24.Ne4 Rxd5 25.Rxd5 Qxd5 26.Nxf6+ exf6 27.b3 Kg7 28.Rc1 Qd4 29.Kg2 Ra7
30.Rc2 Ra5 31.Rd2 Qe5 32.Qc4 Qe6 33.Qxe6 fxe6 34.Kf3 Kf7 35.Ke4 Ke7 36.Kd3 Kd6
37.Kc4+ Kc6 38.Re2 Kd6 39.a4 Ra8 40.Ra2 Ra5 41.Rd2+ Kc7 42.f4 g5 43.h4 gxh4
44.gxh4 Kc6 45.Rd8 Ra7 46.Rc8+ Kb6 47.Rxc5 Rg7 48.a5+ Kb7 49.b4 Rg4 50.Kb5 Rxf4
51.a6+ Kb8 52.Rh5 Ka7 53.Rc5 Rf5 54.Rxf5 exf5 55.Kc6 f4 56.b5 f3 57.b6+  1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.23"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Tregubov,P"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[ECO "D12"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Bg6 7.Nxg6 hxg6 8.Qb3 Qc7
9.Bd2 Nbd7 10.h3 Be7 11.Rc1 Rc8 12.Be2 O-O 13.O-O Rfd8 14.Rfd1 Qb8 15.Be1 dxc4
16.Bxc4 Nb6 17.Be2 e5 18.Bd3 Kf8 19.Ne4 Nxe4 20.Bxe4 exd4 21.exd4 Qf4 22.Qe3 Bd6
23.Qxf4 Bxf4 24.Rc3 Re8 25.Bf3 Rcd8 26.Rb3 Rd7 27.Kf1 Red8 28.Ba5 Bc7 29.Bb4+ Bd6
30.Ba5 Bc7 31.Bb4+ Bd6 32.Ba5  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.23"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Tregubov,P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[ECO "A58"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 g6 6.Nc3 Bxa6 7.e4 Bxf1 8.Kxf1 d6
9.Nf3 Nbd7 10.g3 Bg7 11.h3 O-O 12.Kg2 Qa5 13.Re1 Nb6 14.e5 Nfd7 15.Bg5 Nxe5
16.Bxe7 Nec4 17.Bxf8 Nxb2 18.Qc2 Rxf8 19.Rac1 N2c4 20.Ne4 Rd8 21.Qb3 Nb2
22.Nxd6 c4 23.Nxc4 N2xc4 24.Rxc4 Nxc4 25.Qxc4 Qxd5 26.Qxd5 Rxd5 27.a4 Bc3
28.Re4 Rc5 29.h4 h6 30.Re2 Ra5 31.Rc2 Bf6 32.Ra2 Bc3 33.Kf1 Kf8 34.Ke2 Rd5
35.Rc2 Ba5 36.Rb2 Rc5 37.Nd2 Re5+ 38.Kf1 Rd5 39.Nc4 Bc7 40.Ke2 Ke7 41.Rb7 Kd8
42.Rb3 Ke7 43.Re3+ Kf6 44.Rb3 Ke6 45.Rd3 Rc5 46.Rd4 g5 47.Kd3 f5 48.h5 g4
49.Ne3 Rc6 50.Rc4 Rd6+ 51.Rd4 Rc6 52.Nd5 Be5 53.Nf4+ Kf6 54.Rc4 Rd6+ 55.Ke2 Kg5
56.Nd3 Re6 57.Kf1 Bf6 58.a5 Ra6 59.Nf4 Be5 60.Nd3 Rxa5 61.Kg2 Kxh5 62.Nxe5 Rxe5
63.Rc6 Kg5 64.f4+ gxf3+ 65.Kxf3 Ra5 66.Rc3 h5 67.Rc8 Ra3+ 68.Kf2 Ra2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.24"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "D80"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Bg7 5.Bxf6 Bxf6 6.cxd5 c6 7.Rc1 O-O 8.dxc6 Qxd4
9.Qxd4 Bxd4 10.Nf3 Bxc3+ 11.Rxc3 Nxc6 12.e3 Bg4 13.Bb5 Nb4 14.a3 Nd5 15.Rc1 Rac8
16.Ke2 Nb6 17.b3 e5 18.h3 Be6 19.Nd2 Kg7 20.a4 Rfd8 21.a5 Nd5 22.Rxc8 Rxc8
23.Bc4 f5 24.f3 Kf6 25.g3 f4 26.Ne4+ Ke7 27.exf4 exf4 28.Rd1 Nc7 29.gxf4 Rf8
30.Ke3 Rf5 31.Nd6 Rxa5 32.Ke4  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.25"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[ECO "C10"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.c3 c5 8.Ne5 a6
9.Be3 Qc7 10.Qa4+ Nd7 11.Bb5 cxd4 12.Bxd7+ Bxd7 13.Qxd4 Bb5 14.a4 Bd6 15.Nxf7 Kxf7
16.axb5 axb5 17.Rd1 Rhd8 18.Qh4 b4 19.O-O bxc3 20.bxc3 Kg8 21.c4 Be5 22.Rxd8+ Rxd8
23.g3 Bf6 24.Qg4 Qc6 25.Rb1 Ra8 26.c5 Ra1 27.Rxa1 Bxa1 28.h4 Bf6 29.h5 Kf7
30.Qf4 Qd7 31.h6 Qd1+ 32.Kh2 Qh5+ 33.Kg1 Qd1+ 34.Kh2 Qh5+ 35.Kg1  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.26"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[ECO "C10"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Bd3 c5 7.O-O cxd4 8.Nxd4 Be7
9.c3 O-O 10.Re1 Nxe4 11.Bxe4 Nf6 12.Bf3 Qc7 13.Nb5 Qb6 14.a4 a6 15.Be3 Bc5
16.Bxc5 Qxc5 17.Qd6 Qxd6 18.Nxd6 Rb8 19.a5 Rd8 20.Rad1 Kf8 21.b4 Nd5 22.Nxf7 Kxf7
23.c4 b6 24.cxd5 bxa5 25.dxe6+ Bxe6 26.Rxd8 Rxd8 27.bxa5 Rd4 28.Re4 Rd2 29.h4 Kf6
30.Rb4 Ke7 31.Rb7+ Rd7 32.Rb6 Bc4 33.Be4 h6 34.g4 Rd1+ 35.Kh2 Ra1 36.Rb7+ Kf8
37.Rc7 Bb5 38.Bd5 Be8 39.Rc5 Bb5 40.Rc8+ Ke7 41.Rg8 Kf6 42.f4 Rxa5 43.g5+ hxg5
44.fxg5+ Kg6 45.Rf8 Kh5 46.Kg3 Ra3+ 47.Bf3+ Kg6 48.Kf4 Bd3 49.h5+ Kh7 50.Bd5 Ra4+
51.Ke3 Ra3 52.Bg8+ Kh8 53.Bc4+  1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.26"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Ponomariov,R"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 a6 8.Qd2 b5 9.a3 Qa5
10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.Bxc5 Nxc5 12.Nd4 Nxd4 13.Qxd4 Na4 14.b4 Qb6 15.Qxb6 Nxb6
16.Bd3 Bd7 17.Ne2 h5 18.Nd4 g6 19.g3 Ke7 20.Kd2 Rac8 21.h3 Rh6 22.Raf1 Rg8
23.Ke3 Rc8 24.Rhg1 Rhh8 25.Nb3 Na4 26.Kd4 Rc7 27.Rf2 Rcc8 28.Ke3 Rh6 29.Nd4 Rc3
30.Ra1 Rh8 31.Kd2 Rc7 32.Rf3 Rhc8 33.Re3 Rg8 34.Rf1 Rh8 35.Rf2 Nb6 36.Be2 Na4
37.Rff3 Rcc8 38.g4 hxg4 39.hxg4 Rh4 40.Rh3 Rch8 41.Rxh4 Rxh4 42.Ke1 Nb6 43.Kf2 Nc4
44.Bxc4 dxc4 45.Rg3 Rh1 46.Rg1 Rh3 47.Rg3 Rh1 48.Rg1 Rh3 49.Rg3  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.26"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.Qc2 O-O 8.a3 Bxc3+
9.Qxc3 c6 10.Nd2 Qe8 11.f3 Qe6 12.Bh4 Re8 13.Bf2 b6 14.e3 a5 15.Bd3 Ba6 16.Bxa6 Rxa6
17.O-O c5 18.Rfe1 Raa8 19.e4 cxd4 20.Qxd4 dxe4 21.Nxe4 Nxe4 22.Rxe4 Qc6 23.Rxe8+ Rxe8
24.Rd1 Nc5 25.Qc4 h6 26.h3 Qf6 27.b4 axb4 28.axb4 Ne6 29.Qc6 Rb8 30.b5 Qe5
31.Qd6 Qxd6 32.Rxd6 Nc7 33.Rxb6 Rxb6 34.Bxb6 Nxb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.26"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Ponomariov,R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[ECO "D94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.e3 O-O 6.b4 b6 7.Qb3 c5 8.bxc5 bxc5
9.cxd5 Nbd7 10.Be2 Rb8 11.Qa3 Bb7 12.O-O Nxd5 13.Bd2 cxd4 14.Nxd4 e5 15.Nf3 e4
16.Nd4 Nf4 17.Qxa7 Nxe2+ 18.Ncxe2 Bd5 19.Rfc1 Ne5 20.Nc3 Ra8 21.Qc5 Bb7 22.Rcb1 Ba6
23.Qb6 Qxb6 24.Rxb6 Nc4 25.Rxa6 Rxa6 26.Be1 f5 27.g3 Ne5 28.Kg2 Nf3 29.Rd1 Bxd4
30.exd4 Rd8 31.d5 Ra3 32.Nb5 Nxe1+ 33.Rxe1 Rxa2 34.Nc3 Rc2 35.Re3 Kf7 36.h4 Kf6
37.g4 Ke5 38.g5 Rb8 39.h5 gxh5 40.d6 Kxd6 41.Ne2 Rbb2  0-1

[Event "North American Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2009.12.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Tanaka,C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2150"]
[ECO "E61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 O-O 5.Bg5 d6 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Be2 c6 8.Qc2 Qc7
9.O-O e5 10.Rfd1 Re8 11.Rac1 Nf8 12.b4 Ne6 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.Ne4 Be7 15.dxe5 dxe5
16.c5 f6 17.Bc4 Kg7 18.Bb3 Nd8 19.Nd6 Bxd6 20.cxd6 Qd7 21.a4 b6 22.h3 Bb7
23.a5 Nf7 24.Nd2 Red8 25.Nc4 c5 26.bxc5 bxc5 27.f3 Rac8 28.Rd2 Bc6 29.Rcd1 Bb5
30.Qa2 Rc6 31.Ba4 a6 32.Qb3 Rb8 33.Bxb5 axb5 34.Nb6 Rcxb6 35.axb6 Rxb6 36.Rd5 c4
37.Qb4 Nd8 38.Rb1 Nb7 39.Rxb5 Rxb5 40.Qxb5 Qxb5 41.Rxb5 Nxd6 42.Rb6 Nf5 43.Kf2 Ne7
44.Rb7 Kf7 45.Rc7 h5 46.Rxc4 Ke6 47.Ra4 g5 48.Ra6+ Kf7 49.g4 h4 50.Ke2 Nd5
51.Rd6  1-0

[Event "North American Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2009.12.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Iwamoto,T"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2252"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.Qc2 c5 8.dxc5 Nc6
9.O-O a5 10.Bf4 d4 11.Na3 Nd7 12.Bd6 Nxc5 13.Bxc5 Bxc5 14.Nb5 e5 15.Rad1 Qe7
16.Nd2 Be6 17.Qa4 Bg4 18.Bf3 Bxf3 19.exf3 f5 20.Nb3 e4 21.Nxc5 Qxc5 22.Nc7 Ne5
23.Nxa8 Nxf3+ 24.Kg2 Rxa8 25.Qb5 b6 26.Qd7 Rf8 27.Qe6+ Kh8 28.h4 h6 29.b3 Rf6
30.Qe8+ Kh7 31.Rh1 Ne5 32.Qb5 d3 33.Qxc5 bxc5 34.h5 Kg8 35.Rh4 Kf7 36.Rhh1 Rd6
37.Rd2 Kf6 38.Rhd1 Nf3 39.Rb2 Ke5 40.a3 Rb6 41.Rdb1 Kd4  0-1

[Event "North American Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2009.12.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Adamson,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2303"]
[ECO "E10"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nf3 e6 4.a3 d6 5.Nc3 g6 6.e4 Bg7 7.d5 exd5 8.cxd5 Ne5
9.Nxe5 dxe5 10.Be2 O-O 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bh4 Qd6 13.O-O Bd7 14.Rc1 a5 15.Qc2 Qb6
16.Kh1 a4 17.f3 Rfc8 18.Bf2 Qa5 19.Qd2 Nh5 20.Be3 Kh7 21.Rc2 Bf8 22.f4 Nxf4
23.Bxf4 exf4 24.Rxf4 Kg8 25.Bc4 Bd6 26.Rf3 Re8 27.Qxh6 Re7 28.Rcf2 Qc5 29.Bd3 Qd4
30.e5 Qxe5 31.Ne4 Qg7 32.Nf6+ Kf8 33.Qg5 Bc8 34.h3 Be5 35.d6 cxd6 36.Nd5 Re6
37.Qd8+ Re8 38.Rxf7+ Qxf7 39.Rxf7+ Kxf7 40.Bxg6+ Kxg6 41.Qxe8+ Kg7 42.Qe7+ Kg6
43.Nb6 Ra5  1-0

[Event "North American Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2009.12.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Yermolinsky,A"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.c4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nf3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bxe7 Nxe7 7.e3 Qb6 8.Qd2 Nbc6
9.dxc5 Qxc5 10.Nc3 Bg4 11.Nd4 Nxd4 12.exd4 Qd6 13.Bb5+ Bd7 14.Bxd7+ Qxd7
15.O-O O-O 16.Rfe1 Rfe8 17.h3  1/2-1/2

[Event "North American Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2009.12.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Naroditsky,D"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2339"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Be2 Nbd7 6.O-O e5 7.Be3 Be7 8.a4 O-O
9.dxe5 dxe5 10.Nd2 Bxe2 11.Qxe2 Qc7 12.Nc4 Nc5 13.f4 exf4 14.Bxf4 Qd7 15.Rad1 Qe6
16.Rfe1 Rad8 17.Rxd8 Rxd8 18.b3 b6 19.e5 Nd5 20.Nxd5 cxd5 21.Nd6 h6 22.Nb5 d4
23.Nc7 Qf5 24.e6 fxe6 25.Nxe6 d3 26.cxd3 Rxd3 27.Bb8 Nxe6 28.Qxe6+ Qxe6 29.Rxe6 Bc5+
30.Kf1 a5 31.Rg6 Rxb3 32.Be5 Kf7 33.Rxg7+ Ke6 34.Bf4 Rb4 35.Bc7 h5 36.Rh7 h4
37.g3 hxg3 38.hxg3 Kd5 39.Rh4 Bd4 40.Rh6 Kc4 41.g4 Kb3 42.g5 Kxa4 43.g6 b5
44.Ke2 Bf6 45.Kf3 Rc4 46.Bd8 Bc3 47.Rh2 Rc8 48.Bg5 Rg8 49.Ke4 Rxg6 50.Be3 b4
51.Kd3 Kb3  0-1

[Event "North American Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2009.12.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Mikhalevski,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.Nc3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 c5 8.Be3 Qa5
9.Qd2 Nc6 10.Rc1 cxd4 11.cxd4 Qxd2+ 12.Kxd2 O-O 13.d5 Rd8 14.Ke1 Na5 15.Bg5 Bd7
16.Bd3 Rdc8 17.Ke2 e6 18.Rxc8+ Rxc8 19.Rc1 Rxc1 20.Bxc1 exd5 21.exd5 b5 22.Bf4 Nc4
23.Bxc4 bxc4 24.Be5 Bf8 25.Kd2 Bb4+ 26.Bc3 Bc5 27.Bd4 Bb4+ 28.Bc3 Bc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "North American Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2009.12.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Friedel,J"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[ECO "C10"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Bd3 c5 7.Nxf6+ Nxf6 8.O-O cxd4
9.Nxd4 Be7 10.c3 O-O 11.Bc2 Qd5 12.Qf3 Qxf3 13.Nxf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "7th World Team Championship"]
[Site "Bursa TUR"]
[Date "2010.01.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Esen,B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[ECO "D46"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O dxc4
9.Bxc4 b5 10.Be2 Bb7 11.Rd1 Qc7 12.e4 e5 13.Bg5 exd4 14.Rxd4 Ne5 15.g3 Bc5
16.Rd2 Nfg4 17.Nd1 Bb4 18.Rd4 Ba5 19.Nxe5 Nxe5 20.Ne3 f6 21.Bf4 Bb6 22.Rdd1 Rad8
23.a4 a6 24.Nf5 g6 25.Qb3+ Kh8 26.Rxd8 Qxd8 27.Rd1 Qe8 28.Nd6 Qe7 29.Be3 Bxe3
30.Qxe3 Nf7 31.Nxb7 Qxb7 32.a5 Re8 33.Rc1 c5 34.Qxc5 Qxe4 35.Bf1 Qe6 36.Bg2 Ne5
37.Qb6 Nd3 38.Rd1 Nxb2 39.Rd8 Kg7 40.Rxe8 Qxe8 41.Qxa6 Nc4 42.Qb7+ Kh6 43.a6 Qe1+
44.Bf1 Nd2 45.Qxb5 g5 46.Qd3 Nxf1 47.Qxf1 Qa5 48.Qh3+ Kg6 49.Qe6 Qa4 50.Qg8+ Kh6
51.Qa8 f5 52.a7  1-0

[Event "7th World Team Championship"]
[Site "Bursa TUR"]
[Date "2010.01.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Arun Prasad,S"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[ECO "D58"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 O-O 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 b6 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.O-O Nbd7 10.cxd5 Nxd5 11.Bg3 c5 12.Rc1 N7f6 13.Qe2 cxd4 14.Nxd4 Nxc3 15.Rxc3 Rc8
16.Rxc8 Qxc8 17.Nb3 Qc6 18.f3 Qa4 19.Ra1 a6 20.Bc2 Rc8 21.Nd4 Qa5 22.Nb3 Qa4
23.Nd4 Qa5 24.Nb3  1/2-1/2

[Event "7th World Team Championship"]
[Site "Bursa TUR"]
[Date "2010.01.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Vitiugov,N"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 dxc4 4.e4 b5 5.a4 b4 6.Nb1 Ba6 7.Qc2 Nf6 8.Bxc4 Bxc4
9.Qxc4 Nxe4 10.Qxb4 e5 11.Qb7 Qxd4 12.Qc8+ Qd8 13.Qxd8+ Kxd8 14.Nd2 Bb4 15.Nf3 Nd7
16.Ke2 Nd6 17.Nb3 Ke7 18.Bd2 Rab8 19.Rhc1 Rhc8 20.Rc2 c5 21.Be3 c4 22.Nbd2 Bc5
23.Rac1 Bxe3 24.fxe3 f6 25.Nxc4 Nxc4 26.Rxc4 Rxb2+ 27.Nd2 Rxc4 28.Rxc4 Ra2
29.Kd3 Rxa4 30.Rc7 Kd8 31.Rc3 e4+ 32.Ke2 Nb6 33.g4 Kd7 34.h4 Kd6 35.Rb3 g6
36.Rb5 Kc6 37.Rb1 Nd5 38.Rc1+ Kd6 39.Rc8 f5 40.gxf5 gxf5 41.Nc4+ Kd7 42.Rc5 Ra2+
43.Ke1 Ne7 44.h5 Ke6 45.Rc7 Rc2 46.Kd1 Rc3 47.Kd2 Kf6 48.h6 Nd5 49.Rc5 Rd3+
50.Ke2 f4 51.exf4 Nxf4+ 52.Kf2 Rf3+ 53.Kg1 e3 54.Rc6+ Kg5 55.Nxe3 Rxe3 56.Rc7 Kxh6
57.Rxa7 Re2 58.Rf7 Nh5 59.Kh1 Kg6 60.Rf3 Ra2 61.Kg1 Nf6 62.Rg3+ Kf5 63.Rf3+ Kg5
64.Rg3+ Ng4 65.Rb3 Kf4 66.Rb5 Kf3 67.Rb3+ Ne3 68.Kh1 h5 69.Kg1 Re2 70.Kh1 Kg3
71.Rb1 Nc2 72.Rg1+ Kh3 73.Rg2 Re1+  0-1

[Event "7th World Team Championship"]
[Site "Bursa TUR"]
[Date "2010.01.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Amin,B"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[ECO "C00"]

1.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.g3 Bd6 5.Bg2 Ne7 6.f4 Nbc6 7.Ngf3 O-O 8.O-O f6
9.Re1 Bd7 10.c3 Be8 11.Bh3 Bf7 12.Nb3 Qc7 13.d4 cxd4 14.Nfxd4 Nxd4 15.Nxd4 Bc5
16.Kh1 Bxd4 17.Qxd4 e5 18.fxe5 fxe5 19.Qa4 dxe4 20.Bg2 Bd5 21.Bg5 h6 22.Bxe7 Qxe7
23.Bxe4 Bxe4+ 24.Qxe4 Rf2 25.Re2 Rxe2 26.Qxe2 e4 27.Re1 Re8 28.Qe3 b6 29.Kg2 Kh8
30.Re2 Qe6  1/2-1/2

[Event "7th World Team Championship"]
[Site "Bursa TUR"]
[Date "2010.01.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Diamant,A"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 d5 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Be2 c5 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.Nxd5 exd5 10.O-O Qb6 11.Qc2 Nf6 12.Rfc1 c4 13.b3 cxb3 14.Qxb3 Qxb3 15.axb3 Ne4
16.Bd3 f6 17.Rc7 Bd8 18.Rc2 Be6 19.b4 g5 20.Bc7 Be7 21.b5 Rfc8 22.Ne1 Kf7
23.f3 Nc5 24.dxc5 Rxc7 25.c6 bxc6 26.bxc6 a5 27.Bb5 Rb8 28.Ba6 Bb4 29.Nd3 Bf5
30.g4 Bg6 31.Rd1 Bd6 32.Rdd2 Rb6 33.Bb7 Bxd3 34.Rxd3 Rbxb7 35.cxb7 Rxc2 36.Rxd5 Bxh2+
37.Kh1 Rb2 38.f4  0-1

[Event "7th World Team Championship"]
[Site "Bursa TUR"]
[Date "2010.01.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Halkias,S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[ECO "E37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 Ne4 7.Qc2 e5 8.cxd5 Bf5
9.Qa4+ Nd7 10.Nf3 O-O 11.dxe5 c6 12.Qd1 Re8 13.dxc6 Ndc5 14.Be3 Qe7 15.Bxc5 Nxc5
16.Qd6 Nd3+ 17.Kd2 Nxf2 18.Qxe7 Rxe7 19.Rg1 Ng4 20.h3 Rd8+ 21.Ke1 Ne3 22.Rc1 bxc6
23.Rxc6 Rb7 24.b4 Nc2+ 25.Kf2 Nxa3 26.e3 Rxb4 27.Nd4 Be4 28.Ra6 Nc2 29.Rxa7 Nxd4
30.exd4 Rbxd4 31.Be2 Bg6 32.Rga1  1/2-1/2

[Event "7th World Team Championship"]
[Site "Bursa TUR"]
[Date "2010.01.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Petrosian,TL"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Be3 O-O
9.Qd2 Qa5 10.Rc1 Rd8 11.d5 e6 12.Be2 exd5 13.exd5 Bg4 14.c4 Qxd2+ 15.Nxd2 Bxe2
16.Kxe2 Nd7 17.Rhe1 Re8 18.Rb1 b6 19.Kd3 f5 20.f4 h6 21.Nf3 Re4 22.Nd2 Ree8
23.Nf3 Re4 24.Nd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "7th World Team Championship"]
[Site "Bursa TUR"]
[Date "2010.01.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mamedov,Nid"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[ECO "C05"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ne2 Qb6 8.Nf3 cxd4
9.cxd4 f6 10.exf6 Nxf6 11.O-O Bd6 12.Bf4 Bxf4 13.Nxf4 Qxb2 14.Re1 O-O 15.Nxe6 Bxe6
16.Rxe6 Rae8 17.Rxe8 Rxe8 18.Rb1 Qxa2 19.Rxb7 Ne4 20.Bxe4 dxe4 21.Ne5 Rf8
22.Qb3+ Qxb3 23.Rxb3 Nxd4 24.Re3 a5 25.Rxe4 Re8 26.Rxd4 Rxe5 27.g3 h5 28.Rd6 Kf7
29.Ra6 g6 30.h4 Rb5 31.Kg2 Rf5 32.Kf1 Rb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Muzychuk,A"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[ECO "B00"]

1.e4 d6 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4 c6 4.Nf3 Nbd7 5.e5 Nd5 6.Nxd5 cxd5 7.d4 e6 8.Bd3 Be7
9.O-O g6 10.Qe2 Nb8 11.c3 Nc6 12.Kh1 Qc7 13.Bd2 Bd7 14.Be1 O-O-O 15.exd6 Bxd6
16.Bh4 Bxf4 17.Bxd8 Rxd8 18.Qf2 f6 19.Ng1 e5 20.Ne2 Bg5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Naiditsch,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[ECO "E10"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nc3 c6 6.Qc2 g6 7.Bg5 Be7 8.e4 dxe4
9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.Qxe4+ Qe7 11.Qxe7+ Kxe7 12.Bc4 Bg4 13.Ne5 Bxe5 14.dxe5 Rd8
15.h3 Bf5 16.g4 Be6 17.Bxe6 Kxe6 18.f4 Na6 19.Rd1 Rxd1+ 20.Kxd1 Rd8+ 21.Ke2 Nc5
22.Rd1 Rxd1 23.Nxd1 g5 24.fxg5 Kxe5 25.Ke3 a5 26.h4 b5 27.b3 a4 28.b4 Ne6
29.Nf2 Nf4 30.Nd3+ Nxd3 31.Kxd3 a3 32.Kc3 Ke4 33.Kb3 Kf4 34.Kxa3 Kxg4 35.Kb3 Kxh4
36.a4 bxa4+ 37.Kxa4 Kxg5  0-1

[Event "Corus B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "So,W"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[ECO "D34"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.g3 Nf6 7.Bg2 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.Bg5 c4 10.Ne5 Be6 11.b3 Qa5 12.Qd2 Bb4 13.Nxc6 bxc6 14.Bxf6 gxf6 15.Rfc1 Rad8
16.bxc4 dxc4 17.e3 f5 18.Bxc6 f4 19.a3 fxe3 20.Qxe3 Bxc3 21.Rxc3 Rd6 22.Be4 Rfd8
23.d5 Bxd5 24.Qg5+ Kf8 25.Re3 h6 26.Qf5 Re6 27.Rae1 c3 28.Qh7 c2 29.Bxd5 Qxe1+
30.Rxe1 Rxe1+ 31.Kg2 Rxd5 32.Qxc2 Re6 33.Qb3  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "L'Ami,E"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[ECO "D34"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.g3 Nf6 7.Bg2 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.Na4 Be7 11.Be3 Bg4 12.Rc1 Rc8 13.h3 Bh5 14.Nc5 Bxc5 15.Rxc5 b6
16.Rc1 Qd7 17.g4 Bg6 18.Nd4 h5 19.g5 Ne4 20.Nxc6 Rxc6 21.Qa4 Rfc8 22.Rxc6 Rxc6
23.Rd1 Rd6 24.Qxd7 Rxd7 25.h4 f6 26.gxf6 Nxf6 27.f3 Bf5 28.Bd4 Kf7 29.Kf2 Rc7
30.Bc3 Ke6 31.Rd4 Ne8 32.e4 dxe4 33.fxe4 Bg4 34.Rd5 Kf7 35.a3 g6 36.Ke3 Ng7
37.Bf1 Ne6 38.Bb5 Bh3 39.Be5 Rc5 40.b4 Rxd5 41.exd5 Nf8 42.Bb8 a5 43.bxa5 bxa5
44.Bc7 Bd7 45.Bxd7 Nxd7 46.Bxa5 g5 47.hxg5 Kg6 48.Bd8 Kf5 49.a4 h4 50.a5 Nc5
51.Kf3 h3 52.Kg3  1-0

[Event "Corus B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Negi,P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 c5 8.Be3 Qa5
9.Qd2 Nc6 10.Rc1 cxd4 11.cxd4 Qxd2+ 12.Kxd2 O-O 13.d5 Rd8 14.Ke1 Na5 15.Bf4 Bd7
16.Bd3 f5 17.Bc7 Rac8 18.e5 Be8 19.Ke2 Rxd5 20.Bxa5 Rxc1 21.Rxc1 Rxa5 22.Rc8 Kf8
23.Bc4 Bxe5 24.Be6 Bf6 25.Bd7 Rxa2+ 26.Kf1 a5 27.Bxe8 Kg7 28.Ra8 e5 29.h4 e4
30.Ng5 Ra1+ 31.Ke2 Bc3 32.f4 Kh6 33.Rc8 Bb4 34.Bb5 Kh5 35.Nxh7 Kxh4 36.Rg8 Ra2+
37.Kd1 e3 38.Re8 Rd2+ 39.Kc1 Ba3+ 40.Kb1 Rb2+ 41.Ka1 Rxb5 42.Rxe3 Bb2+ 43.Ka2 Kg4
44.g3 Bd4 45.Rd3 Rb4 46.Nf8 Bf2 47.Nxg6 Bxg3  0-1

[Event "Corus B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Harikrishna,P"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[ECO "A41"]

1.d4 d6 2.c4 e5 3.Nc3 exd4 4.Qxd4 Nc6 5.Qd2 Nf6 6.e4 g6 7.Bd3 Bg7 8.Nge2 O-O
9.O-O Nd7 10.b3 Nc5 11.Bb2 f5 12.Bb1 Qf6 13.exf5 Bxf5 14.Ng3 Qd4 15.Qxd4 Nxd4
16.Bxf5 Nxf5 17.Rad1 Nxg3 18.hxg3 Rae8 19.Ba1 a5 20.Nb5 Bxa1 21.Rxa1 c6 22.Nd4 Rd8
23.Nc2 d5 24.cxd5 Rxd5 25.Ne3 Rd4 26.Rfd1 Rfd8 27.Rxd4 Rxd4 28.Rc1 Nd7 29.Nc4 Rd5
30.Re1 Kf7 31.f3 h5 32.Kh2 Kf6 33.f4 Nc5 34.Nxa5 Nd3 35.Rd1 Rxa5 36.Rxd3 Rxa2
37.Rd7 b5 38.Rd6+ Kf7 39.Rxc6 Rb2 40.Rc3 b4 41.Re3 Rb1 42.g4 hxg4 43.Kg3 Rb2
44.Rd3 Kf6 45.Rd6+ Kf5 46.Rd5+ Kf6 47.Rb5 Rxb3+ 48.Kxg4 Rc3 49.Rb6+ Kf7 50.Rxb4 Rc5
51.g3 Ra5 52.Rb8 Rc5 53.Rh8 Kg7 54.Re8 Kf6 55.Ra8 Rb5 56.Ra6+ Kf7 57.Ra7+ Kf6
58.Rh7 Rb1 59.Rh8 Rb5 60.Kh3 Kg7 61.Re8 Kf7 62.Re3 Ra5 63.g4 Kf6 64.Rb3 Ra6
65.Kg3 Rc6 66.Kf3 Ra6 67.Rd3 Rb6 68.Ke4 Re6+ 69.Kf3 Ra6 70.Rc3 Rb6 71.Rc7 Rb3+
72.Ke4 Rb4+ 73.Kf3 Rb3+ 74.Kf2 Ra3 75.Rc5 Rb3 76.Re5 Ra3 77.Re3 Ra6 78.Kg3 Ra4
79.Rc3 Ra6 80.Rc5 Ra4 81.Rc6+ Kg7 82.Rc7+ Kf8 83.Rd7 Rb4 84.Kf3 Ra4 85.Ke3 g5
86.fxg5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Nisipeanu,LD"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 c5 5.Bxb4 cxb4 6.a3 bxa3 7.Rxa3 O-O 8.Nc3 Nc6
9.e3 d6 10.Be2 e5 11.O-O Bg4 12.h3 Bh5 13.Nd5 Re8 14.Nc3 a6 15.Qd2 Rc8 16.Rd1 h6
17.b3 Qb6 18.d5 Nb8 19.Na4 Qc7 20.Raa1 Nbd7 21.Rdc1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Reinderman,D"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[ECO "D33"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.g3 c4 7.Bg2 Bb4 8.O-O Nge7
9.e4 Bxc3 10.bxc3 O-O 11.Ng5 h6 12.exd5 Nxd5 13.Qf3 Nf6 14.Ne4 Nxe4 15.Qxe4 Re8
16.Qf4 Be6 17.Rb1 Qd7 18.Rd1 Rad8 19.d5 Bg4 20.Rxb7 Qxb7 21.Qxg4 Ne5 22.Qd4 Qa6
23.Bf4 f6 24.Rd2 Nd3 25.Be3 Qb5 26.h3 Re5 27.a4 Qb3 28.a5 a6 29.Qb6 Rb8 30.Qc7 Rf8
31.Bd4 Ree8 32.d6 Kh8 33.d7 Rd8 34.Kh2 Qb5 35.Bc6 Qf5 36.Bb6 Ne5 37.Qd6 Nd3
38.Bxd8 Rxd8 39.Qc7  1-0

[Event "Corus B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Ni Hua"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Bb5+ Nc6
9.O-O cxd4 10.cxd4 O-O 11.Be3 Bg4 12.Bxc6 bxc6 13.Rc1 Qa5 14.Qd2 Qxd2 15.Nxd2 Rfd8
16.Nb3 a5 17.Rxc6 a4 18.Nc5 Bxd4 19.Bxd4 Rxd4 20.f3 Bd7 21.Rc7 Be8 22.Rxe7 Rc8
23.Rc1 Rd2 24.a3 Ra2 25.Rc3 Bb5 26.Re5 Rb8 27.h4 Bf1 28.Rg5 h6 29.Rg4 Rb1
30.Kh2 Rbb2 31.Nxa4 Rf2 32.e5 h5 33.Rg5 Bxg2 34.Kg3 Rxf3+ 35.Rxf3 Bxf3 36.e6 Rxa3
37.Nc5 Bg4+ 38.Kf4 Rf3+ 39.Ke4 Rf1 40.exf7+ Kxf7 41.Nb3 Bf5+ 42.Ke3 Re1+
43.Kf2 Re4 44.Nd2 Rxh4 45.Nf3 Rf4 46.Kg3 Rb4 47.Kf2 Kf6 48.Rg1 Rb1 49.Rxb1 Bxb1
50.Kg3 g5  0-1

[Event "Corus B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sutovsky,E"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5 4.dxe5 dxe5 5.Qxd8+ Kxd8 6.Bg5 Be6 7.O-O-O+ Kc8
8.f4 exf4 9.Nge2 Nbd7 10.Bxf4 Ng4 11.Nd4 Bc5 12.Ncb5 Bb6 13.Nxe6 fxe6 14.Bc4 Re8
15.Rhf1 a6 16.Na3 Be3+ 17.Kb1 Bxf4 18.Rxf4 Nge5 19.Be2 Kd8 20.Nc4 Ke7 21.Nxe5 Nxe5
22.Rh4 h6 23.Rh5 Nc6 24.Rh3 Rad8 25.Rg3 Rxd1+ 26.Bxd1 g5 27.Rb3 Rb8 28.Rh3 Rh8
29.Rb3 b5 30.Ra3 a5 31.Rc3 Kd6 32.Rd3+ Ke7 33.Rc3 Kd6 34.Rd3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Nyback,T"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O dxc4
9.Bxc4 a6 10.Rd1 b5 11.Bd3 Qc7 12.a4 Bb7 13.e4 e5 14.dxe5 Nxe5 15.Nxe5 Bxe5
16.h3 Rac8 17.Be3 Rfe8 18.Rac1 Qb8 19.b4 a5 20.bxa5 b4 21.Ne2 c5 22.f3 Qa8
23.Bb5 Qxa5 24.Bxe8 Nxe8 25.Bxc5 Bd6 26.Rxd6 Nxd6 27.e5 b3 28.Qxb3 Rxc5 29.exd6 Rxc1+
30.Nxc1 Qc5+ 31.Kh2 Qxc1 32.Qd3 Bc8 33.Qe4 Be6 34.a5 Qc5 35.Qa8+ Bc8 36.f4 Qf5
37.Kh1 h5 38.a6 Qc5 39.Qe4 Bf5 40.Qe8+ Kh7 41.Qe5 Qc1+ 42.Kh2 Qc2 43.a7 Be4
44.Qxh5+ Kg8 45.Qg4 Qd2 46.a8=Q+ Bxa8 47.Qc8+ Kh7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.30"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Giri,A"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[ECO "A41"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Bg4 3.e4 Nf6 4.Nc3 c6 5.h3 Bh5 6.Bd3 e6 7.Bg5 Be7 8.Bxf6 Bxf6
9.g4 Bg6 10.h4 d5 11.h5 Bxe4 12.Bxe4 dxe4 13.Nxe4 Be7 14.Qe2 Qa5+ 15.c3 Nd7
16.a3 h6 17.O-O-O O-O-O 18.Rhg1 Rhf8 19.Kb1 Kb8 20.Ned2 Ka8 21.Rde1 Qd5 22.Nc4 Qb5
23.Nfe5 Nxe5 24.Nxe5 Qxe2 25.Rxe2 c5 26.dxc5 Bxc5 27.Kc2 Kb8 28.Rg2 Bd6 29.Nd3 Rh8
30.Ne5 Bxe5 31.Rxe5 Rd6 32.g5 Rhd8 33.f4 Kc7 34.gxh6 gxh6 35.Rg7 R8d7 36.Rc5+ Kb6
37.b4 Rd2+ 38.Kb3 R2d5 39.Rxd5 Rxd5 40.Rxf7 Rxh5 41.Re7 Rf5 42.Rxe6+ Kc7
43.Rxh6 Rxf4 44.Rh7+ Kc6 45.a4 a6 46.Rh6+ Kc7 47.a5 Rg4 48.Re6 Rh4 49.Kc2 Rh3
50.Re4 Rg3 51.Kb3 Rg6 52.Kc4 Kc6 53.Rf4 Rh6 54.Kd3 Rh3+ 55.Kd4 Rh6 56.Ke5 Rh5+
57.Kd4 Rh6 58.Rg4 Kd6 59.c4 Kc6 60.Rf4 Rd6+ 61.Kc3 Rh6 62.Re4 Rh3+ 63.Kd4 Rh6
64.Re5 Rh4+ 65.Kd3 Rh3+ 66.Re3 Rh6 67.Rg3 Rd6+ 68.Kc3 Rh6 69.Kb3 Rf6 70.Rg5 Rf3+
71.Ka4 Rf4 72.Rc5+ Kd6 73.Rd5+ Kc6 74.Kb3 Rf3+ 75.Kc2 Ra3 76.Rd3 Ra2+ 77.Kc3 Rh2
78.Rg3 Rh6 79.Kb3 Rf6 80.Re3 Rh6 81.Rf3 Rg6 82.Rf4 Rg1 83.Rf6+ Kc7 84.Kc3 Rg3+
85.Kd4 Rg4+ 86.Kd5 Rg5+ 87.Ke4 Rg4+ 88.Rf4 Rg1 89.Kd4 Rd1+ 90.Kc5 Rd7 91.Rf5 Rh7
92.Rd5 Rg7 93.Re5 Re7 94.Kd5 Rd7+ 95.Kc5 Rh7 96.Kd4 Rd7+ 97.Rd5 Rh7 98.b5 axb5
99.cxb5 Rh4+ 100.Kc5 b6+ 101.axb6+ Kb7 102.Rd7+ Kb8 103.Rg7 Rh5+ 104.Kb4 Rh4+
105.Ka5 Rh1 106.b7 Rh6 107.Rd7 Rg6 108.Kb4 Rg4+ 109.Kc5 Rg5+ 110.Kb6 Rg6+
111.Ka5 Rh6 112.Rg7 Rf6 113.Rh7 Rg6 114.Kb4 Rg4+ 115.Kc5 Rg5+ 116.Kb6 Rg6+
117.Ka5 Rf6 118.b6 Rf5+ 119.Ka6 Ra5+ 120.Kxa5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.31"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Howell,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Be3 Qa5
9.Qd2 Nc6 10.Rb1 O-O 11.Rb5 cxd4 12.Rxa5 dxe3 13.Qxe3 Nxa5 14.Nd4 Bd7 15.e5 Rfc8
16.f4 Rc7 17.Bb5 Nc6 18.Bxc6 Bxc6 19.Nxc6 Rxc6 20.Ke2 b6 21.Rd1 Rac8 22.Rd3 f6
23.Qe4 fxe5 24.f5 g5 25.h4 gxh4 26.Qxh4 Bf6 27.Rg3+ Kh8 28.Qh6 Rg8 29.Rxg8+ Kxg8
30.g4 Rxc3 31.g5 Rc6 32.Qh1 Rd6 33.gxf6 Rxf6 34.Qa8+ Kf7 35.Qxa7 Rd6 36.Qa8 h6
37.Ke3 Rd4 38.Qh8 Rd6 39.Ke4 Rd4+ 40.Kxe5 Rd6 41.a4 Rc6 42.Kd4 Rf6 43.Qc8 h5
44.Ke5 Rh6 45.Qc1  1-0

[Event "Philadelphia Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2010.04.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Getz,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2239"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Qe7 5.g3 Nc6 6.Bg2 Bxd2+ 7.Nbxd2 d6 8.O-O a5
9.a3 a4 10.Nb1 Bd7 11.Nc3 O-O 12.Rc1 Rfc8 13.e3 Na5 14.Nd2 Qe8 15.Qc2 Rab8
16.Rfd1 h5 17.Bf1 h4 18.Nb5 d5 19.Nc3 g6 20.e4 hxg3 21.hxg3 c5 22.exd5 exd5
23.dxc5 Rxc5 24.cxd5 Kg7 25.Re1 Qh8 26.Nde4 Bf5 27.f3 Bxe4 28.fxe4 Ng4 29.e5 Qh5
30.e6 Rh8 31.Qg2 Nb3 32.Rcd1 fxe6 33.Rxe6 Qg5 34.Rde1 Rh2 35.Re7+ Kh6 36.Qf3 Rc8
37.Ne4 Qh5 38.Qf4+ g5 39.Qd6+ Qg6 40.Qxg6+ Kxg6 41.Re6+ Kg7 42.Nxg5 Rxb2
43.Bd3 Nf6 44.Re7+ Kg8 45.d6 Rc3 46.Re8+ Nxe8 47.d7  1-0

[Event "Philadelphia Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2010.04.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shankland,S"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "A41"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Bg4 3.c4 Nd7 4.Qb3 Rb8 5.h3 Bh5 6.g3 c6 7.Bg2 e5 8.O-O Ngf6
9.Rd1 Qc7 10.Nc3 a6 11.c5 exd4 12.cxd6 Bxd6 13.Nxd4 Bg6 14.Be3 Nc5 15.Qc4 Nfd7
16.Nf3 Ne6  1/2-1/2

[Event "Philadelphia Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2010.04.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Kleiman,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2318"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 O-O 5.a3 Be7 6.e3 d5 7.b4 a5 8.b5 c5 9.Bb2 Nbd7
10.Bd3 cxd4 11.Bxd4 b6 12.cxd5 Nc5 13.Be2 Nxd5 14.O-O f6 15.Nb3 Na4 16.Bc4 Qe8
17.e4 Nc7 18.e5 f5 19.Nbd2 Nxb5 20.Qb3 Nc7 21.Rfc1 Bd7 22.Bf1 Nd5 23.Nc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Philadelphia Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2010.04.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Paragua,M"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "A41"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Bg4 3.e3 Nd7 4.c4 e5 5.Nc3 c6 6.Be2 Ngf6 7.O-O Be7 8.b3 O-O
9.Bb2 Re8 10.h3 Bf5 11.Nh4 Be6 12.Nf3 e4 13.Nd2 d5 14.Rc1 Rc8 15.a3 Bd6 16.cxd5 cxd5
17.Na4 Qe7 18.Rxc8 Rxc8 19.b4 Bb8 20.Re1 b6 21.Ba6 Rd8 22.Nc3 Nf8 23.f4 exf3
24.Nxf3 Ng6 25.Bd3 Qd7 26.Bxg6 hxg6 27.Ne5 Qe8 28.Qf3 Bf5 29.g4 Be4 30.Qf2 Rc8
31.g5 Bxe5 32.dxe5 Nd7 33.Nxe4 dxe4 34.Qf4 Qe6 35.Qxe4 Qxh3 36.e6 Qg3+ 37.Kf1 Qh3+
38.Kg1 fxe6 39.Rf1 Qg3+ 40.Kh1 Qh3+ 41.Kg1 Qg3+ 42.Kh1 Nf8 43.Be5 Qxg5 44.Qb7 Qh6+
45.Kg2 Rc2+ 46.Rf2 Qg5+ 47.Bg3 Qd5+ 48.Qxd5 Rxf2+ 49.Kxf2 exd5 50.e4 dxe4
51.Ke3 Kf7 52.Kxe4 Ke6 53.Be5 Nd7 54.Bxg7 b5 55.Bh6 a6 56.Kd4 Kd6 57.Ke4 Kc6
58.Kd4 Nf6 59.Bd2 Nd7 60.Bf4 Nb6 61.Bc1 Nc4 62.a4 Nb6 63.a5 Nd5 64.Bd2 g5
65.Bxg5 Nxb4 66.Bd2 Nd5 67.Be1 Nf4 68.Ke4 Ne6 69.Bb4 Nc7 70.Kd4 Nd5 71.Bd2 Ne7
72.Bb4 Nf5+ 73.Ke4 Ng3+ 74.Kd4 Nf5+ 75.Ke4 Ng7 76.Ke5 Ne8 77.Kd4 Nf6 78.Bd2 Nd5
79.Be1 Nf4 80.Ke4 Ne2 81.Kd3 Nc1+ 82.Kc2 Ne2 83.Kd3 Ng1 84.Ke4 Ne2 85.Kd3 Nf4+
86.Ke4 Ne6 87.Bb4 Nc5+ 88.Kd4 Nb7 89.Ke5 Nxa5 90.Bxa5 Kc5 91.Ke4 b4 92.Kd3 Kb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Philadelphia Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2010.04.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Lapshun,Y"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2443"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 a6 7.Rc1 Nbd7 8.cxd5 exd5
9.Bd3 c6 10.Qc2 Re8 11.O-O Nf8 12.Na4 Nh5 13.Bg3 Nxg3 14.hxg3 Bd6 15.Nc5 g6
16.b4 Ne6 17.a4 Nxc5 18.bxc5 Bc7 19.Rb1 f5 20.Rb3 Qf6 21.Rfb1 Re7 22.Qd2 g5
23.Re1 h5 24.Bc2 h4 25.gxh4 gxh4 26.Ne5 Bxe5 27.dxe5 Qxe5 28.Rb4 Qf6 29.a5 Rg7
30.Kh2 Qg5 31.Rg1 Be6 32.Rf4 Rf8 33.Qd4 Rf6 34.Qe5 Bc8 35.Bd3 Rh7 36.Be2 Rf8
37.Rg4 Qxg4 38.Bxg4 fxg4 39.f3 g3+ 40.Kh1 Bf5 41.Rd1 Rh6 42.Qf4 Kg7 43.Kg1 Rf7
44.Qg5+ Bg6 45.Qe5+ Kh7 46.Rd4 h3 47.Rf4 Rg7 48.gxh3 Rxh3 49.Rg4 Rg8 50.Qe6 Rh6
51.Rxg3 Rg7 52.Rg5 Rh5 53.Rg4 Rf5 54.Kf2 Rh5 55.Qd6 Rh6 56.Qb8 Rh3 57.Qc8 Rh2+
58.Kg3 Rh5 59.Qe6 Rh1 60.Rh4+ Bh5+ 61.Rg4 Bxg4 62.fxg4 Rg1+ 63.Kf3 R1xg4
64.Qf5+ R4g6 65.Qh5+ Kg8 66.Qe5 Rf7+ 67.Ke2  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2010.05.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Finegold,B"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[ECO "E35"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bxf6 Qxf6 8.a3 Bxc3+
9.Qxc3 O-O 10.e3 Bf5 11.Ne2 Nd7 12.Ng3 c5 13.Nxf5 Qxf5 14.Bd3 Qf6 15.Bb5 cxd4
16.Qxd4 Qxd4 17.exd4 Rfd8 18.Bxd7 Rxd7 19.Kd2 Re8 20.Rhe1 Kf8 21.Rac1 Rxe1
22.Rxe1 f6 23.f4 h5 24.f5 Kf7 25.Re3 g6 26.fxg6+ Kxg6 27.Rg3+ Kf5 28.Rf3+ Kg5
29.Rg3+ Kf5 30.Rf3+  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2010.05.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Kraai,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2492"]
[ECO "A64"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.g3 Bg7 8.Bg2 O-O
9.O-O Re8 10.Nd2 a6 11.a4 Nbd7 12.Nc4 Ne5 13.Na3 Bd7 14.Bf4 Nh5 15.Bxe5 Bxe5
16.Nc4 b5 17.Nxe5 Rxe5 18.e4 Re8 19.Re1 Nf6 20.Qd2 Qb6 21.a5 Qd8 22.f4 b4
23.Nd1 Qb8 24.Nf2 Ra7 25.h3 Bc8 26.Re3 Rae7 27.Rae1 Bb7 28.b3 Qd8 29.Kh2 Qa8
30.Qb2 Nxd5 31.Ng4 Nxe3 32.Nh6+  1-0

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2010.05.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Krush,I"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6 4.f4 Qa5 5.e5 Ne4 6.Qf3 d5 7.Bd3 Nxc3 8.Bd2 Qb6
9.bxc3 e6 10.Ne2 c5 11.f5 Nc6 12.O-O Nxe5 13.dxe5 c4+ 14.Be3 Bc5 15.Nd4 cxd3
16.Rab1 Qc7 17.Nb5 Qc6 18.cxd3 a6 19.f6 g6 20.Bxc5 axb5 21.Qf2 Bd7 22.Rb2 Rc8
23.Bd4 Qc7 24.Qe3 h5 25.h4 Ra8 26.Rfb1 Ra4 27.Qd2 Bc6 28.Rb4 Ra6 29.R1b2 Kd7
30.Qe3 Kc8 31.Bc5 Rd8 32.Bd6 Rxd6 33.exd6 Qxd6 34.d4 Ra3 35.R4b3 Ra4 36.Re2 Qd8
37.Qf4 Qc7 38.Qxc7+ Kxc7 39.Kf2 Kd6 40.Kg3 Rc4 41.a3 Ra4 42.Kf4 Ra8 43.Kg5 Rh8
44.Rb1 Rh7 45.Re5 Rh8 46.g4 Bd7 47.Rbe1 hxg4 48.Kxg4 Ra8 49.Ra1 Rc8 50.Rc1 Ra8
51.Kg5 Rh8 52.Rh1 Rh5+ 53.Kf4 Rh6 54.Rg5 Bc8 55.Kg3 Bd7 56.Rf1 Rh8 57.h5 gxh5
58.Kh4 e5 59.Rxe5 Be6 60.Rb1 Rh6 61.Rxb5 Rxf6 62.Rxb7 Rf3 63.a4 Rxc3 64.Rb4 Ke7
65.Re1 Kf6 66.Rf1+ Kg6 67.Rg1+ Kh6 68.Rg3 Rc1 69.Rg2 Rh1+ 70.Kg3 h4+ 71.Kf2 h3
72.Rg3 Ra1 73.Rb8 Kh7 74.Rbb3 Ra2+ 75.Kg1 Rxa4 76.Rbd3 Ra1+ 77.Kh2 Ra2+ 78.Kh1 Bf5
79.Rdf3 Be4 80.Rxh3+ Kg7 81.Rg3+ Kf8 82.Kg1 Bxf3 83.Rxf3 Ke7 84.Rf5 Ke6 85.Re5+ Kd6
86.Rf5 Ra7 87.Kf2 Rd7 88.Ke3 Ke6 89.Re5+ Kd6 90.Rf5 Re7+ 91.Kd3 Ra7 92.Rf6+ Ke7
93.Rf5 Ra3+ 94.Kd2 Ra5 95.Re5+ Kf6 96.Ke3 Kg6 97.Kf4 f6 98.Re1 Ra2 99.Re7 Ra4
100.Ke3 Kf5 101.Re8 Ra3+ 102.Ke2 Kf4 103.Re6 Ra2+ 104.Kd3 f5 105.Re5 Ra5
106.Re1 Ra3+ 107.Kd2 Kg4 108.Rb1 Kf3 109.Re1 Ra2+ 110.Kd3 f4 111.Re5 Ra5
112.Rf5 Ra3+ 113.Kd2 Ke4  0-1

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2010.05.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Kamsky,G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Bf4 Nc6 7.Rc1 e6 8.e3 Bd6
9.Bg3 Bxg3 10.hxg3 Qd6 11.Bd3 Bd7 12.a3 h6 13.Na4 O-O 14.Nc5 Rfb8 15.O-O Be8
16.Qe2 a5 17.Bb5 Qe7 18.Rc2 Na7 19.Bxe8 Qxe8 20.Rfc1 Nb5 21.Ne5 Nd6 22.b3 Rc8
23.a4 Qd8 24.Ng4 Nfe8 25.Ne5 Rc7 26.Qe1 Rac8 27.Qd1 Nf6 28.Ncd3 Nfe4 29.Rxc7 Rxc7
30.Rxc7 Qxc7 31.Qc1 Qxc1+ 32.Nxc1 h5 33.Kf1 f6 34.Ned3 g5 35.Ke1 Kf7 36.Ne2 Nf5
37.Ndc1 e5 38.Nd3 Ke6 39.f3 Ned6 40.Kf2 b6 41.Ndc1 b5 42.Nd3 bxa4 43.Nc5+ Ke7
44.bxa4 Nc4 45.dxe5 Nfxe3 46.exf6+ Kxf6 47.f4 Kf5 48.Nd4+ Kg4 49.fxg5 Kxg5
50.Kf3 Ng4 51.Nce6+ Kf6 52.Nf4 Ke5 53.Nb3 Nf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2010.05.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Onischuk,Al"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[ECO "D94"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 g6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.Bd3 O-O 7.O-O Bg4 8.h3 Bxf3
9.Qxf3 e6 10.Rd1 Nbd7 11.b3 Re8 12.Bb2 Qe7 13.Qe2 a6 14.Rac1 Rad8 15.Qc2 h5
16.Bf1 Nh7 17.e4 dxe4 18.Qxe4 Nhf6 19.Qe3 e5 20.d5 cxd5 21.Nxd5 Nxd5 22.Rxd5 e4
23.Bxg7 Kxg7 24.c5 Nf6 25.Rxd8 Rxd8 26.c6 bxc6 27.Rxc6 Qe5 28.Qc1 a5 29.Rc5 Rd5
30.Rxd5 Nxd5 31.Qc5 h4 32.Qxa5 e3 33.Qe1 Qd4 34.Bc4 Qd2 35.Kf1 Nc3 36.Qxe3 Qd1+
37.Qe1 Qd4 38.Qa1 f6 39.a4 Qd2 40.Qe1 Qd4 41.Qe7+  1-0

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2010.05.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Yermolinsky,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Be3 Qa5
9.Qd2 Nc6 10.Rb1 a6 11.Rc1 Bg4 12.d5 Rd8 13.Be2 O-O 14.O-O e6 15.Rfd1 exd5
16.exd5 Rfe8 17.Qb2 Ne7 18.d6 Nf5 19.d7 Re7 20.Bg5 f6 21.Bf4 Rexd7 22.Rxd7 Rxd7
23.Qb3+ Kh8 24.h3 Bxf3 25.Bxf3 Bh6 26.Bxh6 Nxh6 27.Bxb7 Kg7 28.Bc8 Re7 29.Qc4 Nf7
30.Qxa6 Qd8 31.Be6 Qd2 32.Rf1 Qxc3 33.Qc8 Qe5 34.Bb3 Rc7 35.Qa6 Nd6 36.Rd1 c4
37.Qxd6 Qxd6 38.Rxd6 cxb3 39.axb3 Rc1+ 40.Kh2 Rc2 41.f4 g5 42.fxg5 fxg5 43.b4 Rb2
44.Rb6 Rb3 45.b5 Kf7 46.Rb8 Kg7 47.b6 h6 48.g4 Kh7 49.Kg2 Kg7 50.Rb7+ Kg6
51.Rb8 Kg7 52.Kf2 Rxh3 53.Rc8 Rb3 54.Rc6 Rb4 55.Rc7+ Kg6 56.Rc6+ Kg7 57.Kf3 Rf4+
58.Kg3 Rb4 59.Rd6 Rb3+ 60.Kf2 Rb4 61.Kf3 Rf4+ 62.Kg3 Rb4 63.Re6 Rb3+ 64.Kf2 Rb4
65.Kf3 Rf4+ 66.Ke3 Rxg4 67.Re4 Rg1 68.Rb4 Re1+ 69.Kd4 Re8 70.b7 Rb8 71.Rb6 h5
72.Kd5 h4 73.Kc6 h3 74.Rb3 g4 75.Rg3 Kg6 76.Rxg4+ Kh5 77.Rg7 Kh4 78.Kc7 Rxb7+
79.Kxb7 h2 80.Rh7+ Kg3 81.Kc6 Kg2 82.Rxh2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2010.05.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hess,Ro"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Nbd7 6.Nf3 h6 7.Nxf6+ Nxf6 8.Be3 Bd6
9.Bd3 b6 10.Ne5 O-O 11.Qf3 Nd5 12.c4 Bxe5 13.dxe5 Nxe3 14.Qxe3 Bb7 15.O-O-O Qe7
16.Rhg1 Rad8 17.g4 f6 18.exf6 Qxf6 19.g5 hxg5 20.Rxg5 Rf7 21.Rg6 Qf4 22.Rxe6 Qxe3+
23.Rxe3 Rfd7 24.Kc2 Rd6 25.Kc3 Rf8 26.Rde1 Bc6 27.R1e2 Rff6 28.Re7 Rf3 29.R2e3 Rxe3
30.fxe3 Bd7 31.c5 bxc5 32.Re5 Rh6 33.Rxc5 c6 34.Ra5 Rxh2 35.Rxa7 Be6 36.a4 Rh1
37.Re7  1-0

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2010.05.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Ehlvest,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[ECO "A61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 d6 5.Nc3 exd5 6.cxd5 g6 7.h3 a6 8.a4 Qe7 9.g3 Bg7
10.Bg2 O-O 11.O-O Nbd7 12.Bf4 h6 13.Qc1 g5 14.Bd2 Re8 15.h4 g4 16.Ne1 Qf8
17.Nd3 c4 18.Nf4 Nc5 19.Qc2 Nb3 20.Ra3 Nd4 21.Qd1 Bf5 22.a5 Bc2 23.Qc1 Bb3
24.e3 Nc2 25.Ra2 Nd7 26.Qb1 Nc5 27.Rc1 Nb4 28.Ra3 Nbd3 29.Nxd3 cxd3 30.Bf1 Bc2
31.Rxc2 dxc2 32.Qxc2 Qe7 33.Qf5 Qd7 34.Qb1 Qd8 35.Qf5 Qd7 36.Qb1 Rac8 37.Bg2 Qd8
38.Qf5 Qd7 39.Qb1 Qc7 40.Qf5 b5 41.axb6 Qxb6 42.Ra2 Qb3 43.Qxg4 Nd3 44.Rxa6 Qxb2
45.Ra2 Qb3 46.Qa4 Qxa4 47.Nxa4 Ra8 48.Bf1 Nc5 49.Bb5 Reb8 50.Bc6 Rb1+ 51.Kg2 Ra7
52.e4 Bd4 53.Bxh6 Nxe4 54.Re2 f5 55.g4 Rb4 56.gxf5 Nf6 57.Be3 Raxa4 58.Bxd4 Rxd4
59.Bxa4 Rxa4 60.Re6 Kf7 61.Rxd6 Rxh4 62.Kf3 Ra4 63.Ke3 Re4+ 64.Kf3 Rd4 65.Ke3  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2010.05.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Robson,R"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Nce2 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.f4 b5 8.a3 c4 9.Nf3 Nb6
10.g4 h5 11.gxh5 Rxh5 12.Ng3 Rh8 13.h4 Bd7 14.Bh3 Qc7 15.h5 O-O-O 16.Ng5 Be8
17.f5 Nxe5 18.dxe5 Qxe5+ 19.Ne2 exf5 20.Qd4 Qe7 21.Bxf5+ Bd7 22.Bxd7+ Rxd7
23.Be3 Na4 24.Kd2 f6 25.Nf3 Qe6 26.Rag1 Nc5 27.Ke1 Nd3+ 28.Kd2 Bc5 29.Qxc5+ Nxc5
30.Bxc5 Qf5 31.Ned4 Qf4+ 32.Kc2 Re8 33.a4 Re3 34.Rh4 Qc7 35.Bf8 Re4 36.Nxb5 Qa5
37.Nd6+ Rxd6 38.Bxd6 Qb6 39.Bg3 Re2+ 40.Nd2 Qxg1  0-1

[Event "14th Chicago Open"]
[Site "Wheeling USA"]
[Date "2010.05.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Kiewra,K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2311"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6 3.e4 Bb7 4.Bd3 f5 5.exf5 Bxg2 6.Qh5+ g6 7.fxg6 Bg7 8.gxh7+ Kf8
9.Bg5 Nf6 10.Qh4 Bxh1 11.Ne2 c5 12.Nf4 Nc6 13.Nd2 Nxd4 14.O-O-O Bc6 15.Nh5 Nf5
16.Bxf5 exf5 17.Nxf6 Qe7 18.Nde4 fxe4 19.Nxd7+ Qxd7 20.Rxd7 Bxd7 21.Qf4+ Ke8
22.Qd6 Kf7 23.Qxd7+ Kg6 24.h4 Rae8 25.Be7 Bf6 26.h5+ Kf7 27.Bxc5+ Be7 28.Qf5+ Bf6
29.Bd4  1-0

[Event "14th Chicago Open"]
[Site "Wheeling USA"]
[Date "2010.05.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Sedlak,N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 c5 8.Be3 Qa5
9.Qd2 O-O 10.Rc1 Rd8 11.d5 e6 12.Be2 exd5 13.exd5 Bg4 14.c4 Qa3 15.O-O Nc6
16.Rfe1 Bxf3 17.Bxf3 Nd4 18.Bxd4 cxd4 19.c5 Rac8 20.c6 bxc6 21.dxc6 d3 22.Red1 Be5
23.g3 Qd6 24.Kg2 Qf6 25.Qa5 h5 26.h4 Kg7 27.Rc4 Rd6 28.Qb5 Qf5 29.Rc5 Rb8
30.Qc4 d2 31.c7 Rc8 32.Bb7 Rd3 33.Rxe5 Qxe5  1-0

[Event "14th Chicago Open"]
[Site "Wheeling USA"]
[Date "2010.05.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Van Wely,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "D14"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bf4 Bf5 7.e3 e6 8.Qb3 Bb4
9.Bb5 Qa5  1/2-1/2

[Event "14th Chicago Open"]
[Site "Wheeling USA"]
[Date "2010.05.31"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Khachiyan,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Be3 Qa5
9.Qd2 Nc6 10.Rb1 a6 11.Rc1 cxd4 12.cxd4 Qxd2+ 13.Kxd2 O-O 14.d5 Ne5 15.Nxe5 Bxe5
16.f4 Bb8 17.e5 Rd8 18.Bd3 Bf5 19.Bxf5 gxf5 20.Ke2 Ba7 21.Rhd1 Bxe3 22.Kxe3 Rd7
23.Rd3 Rad8 24.Rcd1 Rc8 25.Kf3 Rc2 26.R1d2 Rxd2 27.Rxd2 Kf8 28.g4 fxg4+ 29.Kxg4 Ke8
30.Kg5 Rc7 31.Kh6 Rc4 32.Rf2 Rd4 33.Kxh7 Rxd5 34.h4 Rd1 35.f5 Re1 36.h5 Rxe5
37.Kg7 Re1 38.Rg2  1-0

[Event "14th Chicago Open"]
[Site "Wheeling USA"]
[Date "2010.05.31"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Adams,Mi"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[ECO "C03"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 a6 4.Ngf3 c5 5.dxc5 Bxc5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Nge7 8.exd5 exd5
9.Nb3 Bd6 10.Re1 O-O 11.c3 Bf5 12.Bxf5 Nxf5 13.g3 Nfe7 14.Bg5 h6 15.Bxe7 Nxe7
16.Qd3 Qc7 17.Re2 b5 18.Rae1 Qc4 19.Qd1 Ra7 20.a3 a5 21.Nbd4 Rb7 22.Ne5 Qc7
23.Qd3 Qb6 24.b4 axb4 25.axb4 Qa6 26.h4 Qb6 27.h5 Rc8 28.Nxf7 Kxf7 29.Rxe7+ Bxe7
30.Qf5+ Bf6 31.Qxc8 Re7 32.Rxe7+ Kxe7 33.Nf5+ Kf7 34.Qd7+ Kg8 35.Qe8+ Kh7
36.Qg6+ Kh8 37.Nxg7 Qa6 38.Nf5 Qa1+ 39.Kg2 Qxc3 40.Qe8+ Kh7 41.Qf7+  1-0

[Event "National Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2010.06.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Feinstein,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2267"]
[ECO "A80"]

1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bg5 d5 4.Bxf6 exf6 5.e3 Be6 6.Bd3 Qd7 7.Nge2 Nc6 8.a3 O-O-O
9.Na4 g5 10.b4 Re8 11.O-O h5 12.Bb5 Bd6 13.Nc5 Qf7 14.Bxc6 bxc6 15.Qd3 Kd8
16.Qa6 Bd7 17.a4 Ke7 18.Nxd7 Kxd7 19.b5 cxb5 20.axb5 Re4 21.Qc6+ Ke7 22.Rxa7  1-0

[Event "National Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2010.06.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Hansen,Eric"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[ECO "D91"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bg5 Ne4 6.cxd5 Nxg5 7.Nxg5 e6 8.Qd2 exd5
9.Qe3+ Kf8 10.Qf4 Bf6 11.h4 Kg7 12.e4 dxe4 13.O-O-O Nc6 14.Bc4 Qd6 15.Qxd6 cxd6
16.Nxf7 Bg4 17.Rd2 Rhf8 18.Nxd6 Nxd4 19.Ncxe4 Be5 20.Kb1 Bf5 21.Nxf5+ gxf5
22.Nc5 Rfc8 23.Nd7 Rxc4 24.Nxe5 Rb4 25.Rhd1 Ne6 26.Rd7+ Kf6 27.Re1  1-0

[Event "National Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2010.06.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kekelidze,M"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2436"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[ECO "D34"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.g3 Nf6 7.Bg2 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.Na4 Be7 11.Be3 Bg4 12.Rc1 Qd7 13.Nd4 Rfe8 14.Nxc6 bxc6 15.Bd4 Rab8
16.Re1 Bb4 17.Bc3 Bd6 18.a3 h5 19.f3 Bf5 20.Qd4 Be5 21.Qf2 Bxc3 22.Rxc3 d4
23.Rc4 Re3 24.Rec1 Rbe8 25.Bf1 h4 26.Rd1 hxg3 27.hxg3 d3 28.exd3 Qd5 29.Rc5 Qb3
30.Nc3 Nd5 31.Nxd5 cxd5 32.Rdc1 g6 33.g4 Bd7 34.Rc7 Qa4 35.b4 Qxa3 36.Qg3 g5
37.Qd6 Be6 38.Qc5 Rxf3 39.Rxa7 Qb2 40.Qc3 Qf2+ 41.Kh1 Qxa7  0-1

[Event "National Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2010.06.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Ehlvest,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[ECO "A41"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 f5 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 Nf6 6.O-O O-O 7.b3 c6 8.Bb2 a5 9.Nbd2 Na6
10.a3 Bd7 11.Qc2 c5 12.e3 Qc7 13.Rfe1 Rae8 14.d5 a4 15.e4 fxe4 16.Ng5 Qb6
17.bxa4 e3 18.Rxe3 Bxa4 19.Qc1 Nc7 20.Rb1 Qa6 21.Qe1 h6 22.Nge4 Bd7 23.Nxf6+ exf6
24.Ne4 b5 25.cxb5 Bxb5 26.Qd2 Rb8 27.Rbe1 Ne8 28.h4 Bd7 29.Bf1 Qb6 30.Bc3 Ra8
31.Qc1 Rf7 32.Nd2 Qc7 33.Nc4 f5 34.Re7 Bf8 35.R7e6 Bxe6 36.Rxe6 Kh7 37.h5 g5
38.Bd3 Bg7 39.g4 Kg8 40.Bxf5 Rxf5 41.gxf5 Qf7 42.Rg6 Qxf5 43.Ne3 Qd7 44.Qb2  1-0

[Event "National Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2010.06.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gareev,T"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[ECO "D34"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 d5 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.g3 Nf6 7.Bg2 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.Bg5 c4 10.Ne5 Be6 11.b3 h6 12.Bf4 Qa5 13.Bd2 Bb4 14.Nxc6 bxc6 15.Qc2 Qa6
16.Nxd5 Nxd5 17.bxc4 Rfc8 18.cxd5 cxd5 19.Qd1 Ba3 20.e4 Rd8 21.Qh5 Qc4 22.Bc1 Bf8
23.Be3 Ba3 24.Bc1 Bf8 25.Be3 Ba3 26.Rab1 Rac8 27.Rb7 dxe4 28.Bxe4 a6 29.Bxh6 Qxd4
30.Bh7+ Kxh7 31.Be3+ Kg8 32.Bxd4 Rxd4 33.Qa5 Bc5 34.Rc7 Rxc7 35.Qxc7 Rc4
36.Qd8+ Kh7 37.Qd3+ g6 38.Re1 Rd4 39.Qxa6 Rd2 40.Rxe6 fxe6 41.Qxe6 Rxf2 42.Kh1 Rc2
43.a4 Rc1+ 44.Kg2 Rc2+ 45.Kf3 Rxh2 46.Qf7+ Kh6 47.Qf4+  1-0

[Event "111th US Open"]
[Site "Irvine USA"]
[Date "2010.08.05"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Aaron,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2144"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Nf3 b5 6.c5 Nbd7 7.b4 a5 8.Qb3 e5 9.Nxe5 Nxe5
10.dxe5 Ng4 11.Nxb5 Nxe5 12.Bb2 Nc4 13.Nd4 Qc7 14.Bxc4 dxc4 15.Qxc4 Ba6 16.Qc2 Be7
17.Qe4 O-O 18.Nf5 Rfe8 19.Nxg7 Bxc5 20.Nxe8  1-0

[Event "111th US Open"]
[Site "Irvine USA"]
[Date "2010.08.06"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Matikozian,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[ECO "E90"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.h3 c6 7.Be3 a6 8.a4 a5 9.Be2 e5
10.O-O Na6 11.Qd2 Qe7 12.Rfe1 exd4 13.Bxd4 Re8 14.Bd3 Nc5 15.Bc2 Ne6 16.Be3 Nd7
17.Nd4 Ne5 18.b3 f6 19.Rad1 Nf7 20.f4 Nc5 21.Nf3 Qc7 22.f5 Nd7 23.fxg6 hxg6
24.e5 Ndxe5 25.Nxe5 Nxe5 26.Ne4 Be6 27.Nxd6 Red8 28.c5 Bxh3 29.Bf4 Bg4 30.Bxe5 Bxd1
31.Rxd1 fxe5 32.Qg5 Rf8 33.Qxg6 Rf6 34.Qh7+ Kf8 35.Bd3  1-0

[Event "111th US Open"]
[Site "Irvine USA"]
[Date "2010.08.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ramirez,Alej"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[ECO "C02"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.a3 c4 7.Nbd2 Na5 8.Be2 Bd7 9.O-O Ne7
10.Rb1 Qc7 11.Qe1 Ba4 12.Bd1 Qc6 13.Bxa4  1/2-1/2

[Event "111th US Open"]
[Site "Irvine USA"]
[Date "2010.08.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Cornejo,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2409"]
[ECO "D46"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e3 Bd6 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.cxd5 cxd5
9.e4 dxe4 10.Nxe4 Nxe4 11.Bxe4 exd4 12.Qxd4 Qf6 13.Qd5 h6 14.Rd1 Be7 15.Be3 O-O
16.Rac1 Nb6 17.Qb5 Bd6 18.a4 Bf4 19.a5 Bxe3 20.fxe3 Qe6 21.Qe5 Nc4 22.Qxe6 Bxe6
23.Bxb7 Rad8 24.Rxd8 Rxd8 25.b4 Nxe3 26.Ne5 Rd2 27.Bf3 Rb2 28.Nc6 a6 29.h3 g6
30.Rc5 Bc4 31.Ne5 Be2 32.Rc8+ Kg7 33.Rc7 Kf6 34.Nxf7 Bxf3 35.gxf3 Nd5 36.Rc5 Nf4
37.Nxh6 Rb1+ 38.Kh2 Rb2+ 39.Kg1 Rb1+ 40.Kh2 Rb2+ 41.Kg3 Ne2+ 42.Kh4 Nd4 43.Ng4+ Ke7
44.Rc7+ Kd8 45.Rf7 Rxb4 46.Kg5 Ne6+ 47.Kf6 Nf4 48.Ne5 Kc8 49.Nxg6 Nd5+ 50.Kg5 Ra4
51.Rf5 Ne3 52.Re5 Nc4 53.Rc5+ Kb7 54.h4 Nxa5 55.h5 Nb3 56.Rf5 Nd4 57.Rf7+ Kb6
58.h6 Ne6+ 59.Kf6 Nf4  1-0

[Event "111th US Open"]
[Site "Irvine USA"]
[Date "2010.08.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Naroditsky,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2403"]
[ECO "E61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 O-O 5.Bg5 d6 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 c5 8.d5 Qb6 9.Rb1 e5
10.Nd2 Nh7 11.g4 f5 12.gxf5 Bxf5 13.e4 Bd7 14.Rg1 g5 15.Bg3 Nf6 16.Be2 Bh3
17.Bf1 Bd7 18.Be2 Bh3 19.Nf1 Qa5 20.Qd2 a6 21.Ne3 Nbd7 22.Bf1 Bxf1 23.Kxf1 b5
24.Qd3 Nb6 25.b3 bxc4 26.bxc4 Na4 27.Nxa4 Qxa4 28.Nf5 Rab8 29.Kg2 Qxa2 30.Nxd6 Rxb1
31.Rxb1 h5 32.Rb7 h4 33.Rxg7+ Kxg7 34.Bxe5 Kg8 35.Qe3 Nh7 36.h3 g4 37.Nf5 Rxf5
38.exf5 Qxc4 39.d6 Qd5+ 40.Kh2 g3+ 41.Kg1 Qd1+ 42.Kg2 gxf2 43.Kxf2 Qc2+ 44.Kg1 Qxf5
45.Qb3+ Qf7 46.Qd1 Qg6+ 47.Kh2 Qe6 48.d7 Qxe5+ 49.Kh1 Qe4+ 50.Kh2 Qe5+ 51.Kh1  1/2-1/2

[Event "USCL"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2010.09.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Becerra Rivero,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[ECO "D80"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Ne4 5.Bh4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.e3 c5 8.cxd5 Qxd5
9.Nf3 Nc6 10.Be2 O-O 11.O-O Bf5 12.Qb3 Qxb3 13.axb3 cxd4 14.exd4 Rfc8 15.b4 a6
16.Ra3 e5 17.d5 Nb8 18.Nd2 Bh6 19.Nc4 Nd7 20.Nd6 Rc7 21.c4 Bf8 22.Nxf5 gxf5
23.c5 e4 24.d6 Rcc8 25.Rd1 Bg7 26.Bg5 Be5 27.f4 Bg7 28.Bc4 Nf6 29.Bxf6 Bxf6
30.Rd5 a5 31.d7 Rc7 32.Rxa5 Rd8 33.Bb5 Bc3 34.Ra4 e3 35.Kf1 Kf8 36.Ke2 Bd2
37.Rxf5 Rcxd7 38.Bxd7 Rxd7 39.b5 Bc1 40.Ra2  1-0

[Event "USCL"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2010.09.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Friedel,J"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[ECO "C05"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ngf3 Be7 8.O-O a5
9.Qe2 a4 10.Rd1 Qb6 11.Nf1 a3 12.bxa3 c4 13.Bc2 Bxa3 14.Ng5 Nf8 15.Ne3 Qc7
16.Qg4 Ne7 17.h4 Bxc1 18.Rdxc1 h6 19.Nh3 Rg8 20.a4 Bd7 21.Qd1 Ra5 22.h5 Kd8
23.f4 Kc8 24.Qf3 Kb8 25.Rf1 g6 26.Ng4 Rh8 27.Nf6 Bc6 28.g4 Nd7 29.g5 Nf8
30.gxh6 Rxh6 31.Ng5 Nf5 32.Kf2 gxh5 33.Rh1 h4 34.Ng4 Rh8 35.Bxf5 exf5 36.Ne3 Ne6
37.Nxf5 Nxg5 38.fxg5 Rxa4 39.Rxa4 Bxa4 40.Nd6 Qb6 41.Nxf7 Rf8 42.Rxh4 Qb2+
43.Kg3 Bd1 44.Qxd1 Rxf7 45.Qe1 Qc2 46.e6 Qd3+ 47.Kh2 Rf1 48.Qg3+ Ka7 49.Qxd3 cxd3
50.Rh3 Rf2+ 51.Kh1 d2 52.Rd3 Re2 53.Rxd2 Rxe6 54.Rg2 Rg6 55.Kh2 Kb6 56.Kh3 Kb5
57.Kg4 Kc4 58.Rg3 b5 59.Kf5 Rg8 60.g6 b4 61.cxb4 Kxd4 62.Kf6 Kc4 63.Rg4+ d4
64.g7 Rd8 65.g8=Q+ Rxg8 66.Rxg8 Kxb4 67.Rd8 Kc3 68.Ke5 d3 69.Ke4 d2 70.Ke3  1-0

[Event "USCL"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2010.10.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kretchetov,A"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2391"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[ECO "A17"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.a3 Ba5 6.b4 cxb4 7.Nb5 O-O 8.axb4 Bxb4
9.Rxa7 Rxa7 10.Nxa7 Qa5 11.Nb5 d5 12.Nbd4 Bd7 13.cxd5 Rc8 14.Qb2 Qc7 15.Nb3 Ba4
16.Nfd4 e5 17.Qa1 b5  0-1

[Event "USCL"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2010.10.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Friedel,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 d5 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 c5
9.dxc5 g5 10.Bg3 Ne4 11.Qc2 Na6 12.b4 Naxc5 13.Nf3 Nxg3 14.hxg3 Qf6 15.Rd1 Ne4
16.e3 g4 17.Nh2 Qg5 18.Bd3 Nf6 19.O-O Bd7 20.cxd5 Rfc8 21.Qb2 exd5 22.Rfe1 Bf5
23.Nf1 Bxd3 24.Rxd3 Qf5 25.e4 dxe4 26.Rd6 Rc6 27.Ne3 Qg5 28.Rxc6 bxc6 29.Rc1 Nd5
30.Rc5 Rd8 31.b5 Kh7 32.Qb3 Qe7 33.Rxc6 Nxe3 34.Qxe3 Qg5 35.Qxe4+ Kg7 36.Qb1 Rd2
37.Qa1+ Kh7 38.Rc8 Qg7 39.Qb1+ Qg6 40.Qxg6+ Kxg6 41.Rc7 a5 42.Ra7 Rd1+ 43.Kh2 Rd2
44.Rxa5 Rxf2 45.Ra4  1-0

[Event "USCL"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2010.10.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Shulman,Y"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e4 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Qxd4 7.Bxb4 Qxe4+ 8.Be2 Na6
9.Ba5 f6 10.Nf3 b6 11.Nd2 Qf4 12.Bh5+ g6 13.Bf3 Ne7 14.Bc3 O-O 15.O-O Qc7
16.Ne4 e5 17.Re1 Qd7 18.Qe2 Qe6 19.Rad1 Nf5 20.b4 Nc7 21.Nxf6+ Qxf6 22.Bxe5 Qf7
23.Bxc6 Rb8 24.Qd2 Ng7 25.Bd5 Nxd5 26.Bxb8 Nf6 27.Bd6 Rd8 28.Qc3 Nf5 29.Be5 Nd7
30.c5 bxc5 31.bxc5 Rf8 32.c6 Nxe5 33.Qxe5 Qxa2 34.c7 Ng7 35.Re2 Qe6 36.Rd8 Qxe5
37.Rxe5 Ne6 38.Red5 Bb7 39.Rxf8+ Kxf8 40.Rd8+ Ke7 41.c8=Q Nxd8 42.Qc7+ Ke8
43.Qxh7 g5 44.Qg8+ Kd7 45.Qxg5 Ne6 46.Qe3 a6 47.h4  1-0

[Event "USCL KO"]
[Site "ICC"]
[Date "2010.11.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Altounian,L"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2432"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[ECO "B22"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.d4 cxd4 6.cxd4 d6 7.Bc4 e6 8.O-O Be7
9.exd6 Qxd6 10.Nc3 O-O 11.Re1 Rd8 12.Bb3 a6 13.Nxd5 exd5 14.Ne5 Nxe5 15.dxe5 Qb6
16.Qd3 Be6 17.Qg3 d4 18.Bh6 Bf8 19.Bg5 Rd7 20.Rad1 Bxb3 21.axb3 Re8 22.Rd3 f6
23.Bd2 Rde7 24.f4 fxe5 25.fxe5 Re6 26.h3 Qc5 27.Bf4 Qd5 28.Rf3 Bd6 29.Qg4 Bxe5
30.Bxe5 Rxe5 31.Rxe5 Qxe5 32.Qd7 Qe1+ 33.Kh2 Qe5+ 34.Kg1 Qe1+ 35.Kh2 Qe5+
36.Kg1  1/2-1/2

[Event "North American Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2010.12.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Friedel,J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Bg5 c5 8.dxc5 bxc5
9.e3 d6 10.Bd3 Nbd7 11.Ne2 Qb6 12.O-O Rb8 13.Rab1 a5 14.Rfd1 Re8 15.Bf4 e5
16.Bg5 Bb7 17.Qe1 d5 18.cxd5 Bxd5 19.Nc3 Bb3 20.Rd2 c4 21.Be2 Nc5 22.Bxf6 Qxf6
23.Qf1 Qe6 24.e4 Red8 25.Rd5 Rxd5 26.exd5 Qa6 27.Qc1 Nd3 28.Qd2 f5 29.Bxd3 cxd3
30.Re1 e4 31.Qf4 Rf8 32.d6 Rd8 33.Qxf5 d2 34.Rxe4 Qxd6 35.h3 Bc2 36.Qe6+ Qxe6
37.Rxe6 a4 38.f3 d1=Q+ 39.Nxd1 Rxd1+ 40.Kh2 Rd2  0-1

[Event "North American Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2010.12.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ris,R"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2423"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[ECO "D34"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Nf3 c5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg2 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.Nc3 O-O
9.Bg5 c4 10.Ne5 Be6 11.b3 h6 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.Nxc6 bxc6 14.bxc4 dxc4 15.e3 Rc8
16.Qc2 Qa5 17.Rfc1 Rfd8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2011.01.25"]
[Round "1.17"]
[White "Karim,I"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[ECO "C14"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7 7.Qd2 a6 8.Nd1 c5
9.c3 Nc6 10.f4 f5 11.Nf3 b5 12.Nf2 O-O 13.Be2 Rb8 14.O-O a5 15.Kh1 Ba6 16.g4 Nb6
17.dxc5 Nc4 18.Bxc4 dxc4 19.gxf5 Bb7 20.Ne4 Nxe5 21.fxe5 Bxe4 22.f6 gxf6
23.Rae1 Bd5 24.Kg1 Rb7 25.Qf2 Kh8 26.Qh4 Qxc5+ 27.Qd4 Qxd4+  0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2011.01.26"]
[Round "2.15"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Soffer,R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[ECO "A84"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 c6 5.Bg2 d5 6.O-O Bd6 7.b3 Qe7 8.Bb2 O-O 9.Ne5 a5
10.Nd2 a4 11.Qc2 a3 12.Bc3 b5 13.c5 Bxe5 14.dxe5 Ne4 15.b4 Ra4 16.Nb3 Nxc3
17.Qxc3 Na6 18.Nd4 Nxb4 19.Rfb1 Na6 20.Nxc6 Qc7 21.Nd4 Rc4 22.Qd2 Qxe5 23.Nxb5 f4
24.Nxa3 Rd4 25.Qe1 fxg3 26.hxg3 Nxc5 27.Nb5 Rg4 28.Bf3 Ra4 29.Rc1 d4 30.Qd1 Bd7
31.Rab1 Rxa2 32.Qxd4 Qxd4 33.Nxd4 Ra5 34.Rb6 Kf7 35.Bc6 Bxc6 36.Nxc6 Ra6
37.Ne5+ Ke7 38.Rb5 Ne4 39.Rb7+ Kd6 40.Nf7+ Rxf7 41.Rxf7 Ra2 42.Rd1+ Kc6 43.Re7 Nc5
44.Kf1  1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2011.01.27"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Korchnoi,V"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[ECO "D54"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Rc1 h6 7.Bh4 Ne4 8.Bg3 c5
9.cxd5 Nxc3 10.bxc3 cxd4 11.exd4 Qxd5 12.Nf3 Nc6 13.Bd3 e5 14.O-O exd4 15.cxd4 Bg4
16.Bc4 Bxf3 17.Bxd5 Bxd1 18.Rfxd1 Rac8 19.Kf1 Rfd8 20.Bf3 Bd6 21.Rc4 Bxg3
22.hxg3 Rd6 23.d5 Ne7 24.Rdc1 Rxc4 25.Rxc4 Kf8 26.Rc7 b6 27.Rxa7 Nxd5 28.g4 g6
29.g3 Nc3 30.Ra3 Nb1 31.Ra8+ Kg7 32.Kg2 Rd2 33.Ra7 Nc3 34.a4 Nd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2011.01.28"]
[Round "4.10"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Krush,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Qb3 c5 6.dxc5 Nc6 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bxf6 Qxf6
9.e3 dxc4 10.Qxc4 Qe7 11.O-O-O Qxc5 12.Qxc5 Bxc5 13.Bb5 Bd7 14.Kb1 O-O-O
15.Ne4 Be7 16.Rc1 Kb8 17.Rhd1 f6 18.Nh4 Ne5 19.Bxd7 Rxd7 20.f4 Rxd1 21.Rxd1 Nc6
22.Ng6 Re8 23.Ng3 Kc7 24.Nh5 Rg8 25.g4 Bd6 26.h3 Ne7 27.Nxe7 Bxe7 28.f5 exf5
29.gxf5 g5 30.Rd4 Rd8 31.Re4 Kd7 32.Re6 Rf8 33.e4 Bd8 34.Kc2 Re8 35.Nxf6+ Bxf6
36.Rxf6 Rxe4 37.Rxh6 Rf4 38.f6 Ke6 39.Rh7 Rb4 40.f7 Ke7 41.Kc3 Rb6 42.a4 a5
43.b3 Rc6+ 44.Kb2 b6 45.Rg7 Rc5 46.Rg6 b5 47.Rf6 Kf8 48.axb5 Rxb5 49.Ka3 Rd5
50.Rf3 Rb5 51.Rf2 Re5 52.Rf6 Re3 53.Rf5 Rxh3 54.Rxg5 Kxf7 55.Rxa5 Ke6 56.Rc5 Kd6
57.Rc1 Rh8 58.b4 Rb8 59.Ka4 Ra8+ 60.Kb3 Rb8 61.Rc4 Kd5 62.Rc5+ Kd6 63.Kc4 Rb7
64.Rc8 Kd7 65.Rc5 Kd6 66.Rh5 Rb8 67.Rb5 Rc8+ 68.Kb3 Rc1 69.Kb2 Kc6 70.Kxc1 Kxb5
71.Kd2 Kxb4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2011.01.29"]
[Round "5.11"]
[White "Kanep,M"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[ECO "D55"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 O-O 6.e3 h6 7.Bxf6 Bxf6 8.Qc2 c6
9.h4 g6 10.O-O-O Nd7 11.e4 Bg7 12.h5 g5 13.Kb1 g4 14.Nh2 c5 15.dxc5 d4 16.Nb5 Nxc5
17.e5 Bxe5 18.Nxg4 Bg7 19.f4 e5 20.Nxe5 Qf6 21.Nd3 Bf5 22.g4 Be4 23.Rg1 a6
24.Na3 b5 25.g5 hxg5 26.Rxg5 Rfc8 27.Qh2 Kf8 28.Ka1 Ne6 29.Re5 Bh7 30.h6 Bh8
31.Bg2 bxc4 32.Bxa8 cxd3 33.Bb7 Rc2 34.Qg1 Nxf4 35.Ree1 Qb6 36.Nc4 Rxc4 37.Qg5 Qc7
38.Bxa6 Rc5 39.Qg1 Bg6 40.a3 Bf6 41.Rf1 Rc2 42.Qh1 d2 43.h7 Bxh7 44.Qxh7 d3
45.Bxd3 Rxb2 46.Qh6+ Bg7  0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2011.01.30"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Mikhalevski,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[ECO "E60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 c5 4.d5 Bg7 5.e4 d6 6.Nc3 O-O 7.Bg5 h6 8.Be3 e6 9.Qd2 exd5
10.cxd5 Re8 11.Nge2 Nbd7 12.Ng3 h5 13.Be2 a6 14.O-O b5 15.Bh6 h4 16.Nh1 Nh5
17.Bxg7 Kxg7 18.a4 b4 19.Nd1 f5 20.exf5 Nb6 21.fxg6 Rxe2 22.Qxe2 Nf4 23.Qe4 Qg5
24.g4 Nh3+ 25.Kg2 Nf4+ 26.Kg1 Bd7 27.Ne3 Nh3+ 28.Kg2 Nf4+ 29.Kg1 Re8 30.Nf5+ Kg8
31.Qb1 Nh3+ 32.Kg2 Nf4+ 33.Kg1 Nh3+ 34.Kg2 Nxd5 35.Nf2 Re2 36.Nxd6 Bxg4  0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2011.01.31"]
[Round "7.18"]
[White "Fernandez Romero,Ern"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2453"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[ECO "C13"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.h4 Nc6 7.Bxe7 Qxe7 8.Qd2 Nb6
9.O-O-O Bd7 10.Qg5 f6 11.Qh5+ g6 12.exf6 Qxf6 13.Qg5 O-O 14.Nf3 a6 15.Bd3 Qxg5+
16.hxg5 Rae8 17.Rde1 Rxf3 18.gxf3 Nxd4 19.f4 c5 20.b3 Bc6 21.Rh3 Nd7 22.Ne2 Nxe2+
23.Rxe2 Nf8 24.c4 d4 25.Be4 Rc8 26.Bxc6 Rxc6 27.Kd2 a5 28.Re1 b6 29.a3 Rc7
30.Kd3 Rf7 31.Rh4 Ra7 32.Re5 Re7 33.Rh1 Rf7 34.Ke4 Re7 35.Kf3 Nd7 36.Re4 e5
37.Rhe1 Kf7 38.fxe5 Ke6 39.Kg4 a4 40.b4 Rf7 41.Rf4 Rf5 42.Rxf5 gxf5+ 43.Kg3 cxb4
44.axb4 b5 45.cxb5 Nb6 46.f4 a3 47.Ra1 Nc4 48.b6  1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2011.02.01"]
[Round "8.30"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Cummings,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2366"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.c5 c6 8.h3 b6 9.b4 a5
10.a3 Ne4 11.Nxe4 dxe4 12.Ne5 Nxe5 13.Bxe5 f6 14.Bg3 Ba6 15.Bxa6 Rxa6 16.O-O Qd5
17.Qe2 b5 18.a4 Qd7 19.axb5 cxb5 20.Rxa5 Rxa5 21.bxa5 Ra8 22.Ra1 Bd8 23.f3 Qc6
24.fxe4 Rxa5 25.Rxa5 Bxa5 26.Bd6 Bc3 27.Qd3 b4 28.d5 Qa4 29.c6 Qa1+ 30.Qf1 Qa8
31.c7 b3 32.Qc4 Qa1+ 33.Kh2 Be5+ 34.Bxe5 Qxe5+ 35.Kg1 Qa1+ 36.Kf2  1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2011.02.02"]
[Round "9.20"]
[White "Zatonskih,A"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[ECO "E10"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 dxc4 5.Qa4+ Nbd7 6.Bg2 a6 7.Qxc4 b5 8.Qc6 Ra7
9.O-O Bb7 10.Qc2 c5 11.Bg5 cxd4 12.Nxd4 Bxg2 13.Kxg2 Rc7 14.Qd2 Qa8+ 15.f3 Be7
16.Rc1 Nc5 17.Qa5 Rc8 18.Nb3 O-O 19.Nxc5 Bxc5 20.Bxf6 gxf6 21.Nc3 f5 22.Nxb5 Qb7
23.Qd2 Be7 24.Nd6 Rcd8 25.Nxb7 Rxd2 26.Kf1 Rxb2 27.Na5 Bf6 28.Nc4 Rb5 29.Rab1 Rc8
30.Nd6 Rxc1+ 31.Rxc1 Rb2 32.Rc8+ Kg7 33.a3 Ra2 34.Ne8+ Kg6 35.Nxf6 Kxf6 36.Rc3 a5
37.f4 a4 38.Kf2 h5 39.h4 Ke7 40.Rc7+ Kd6 41.Rxf7 Rxa3 42.Rh7 Rb3 43.Rxh5 Rb8
44.Rh7 Ra8 45.Rb7 a3 46.Rb1 a2 47.Ra1 Kd5 48.h5 Kc4 49.e4 Kb3 50.exf5 exf5
51.g4 fxg4 52.Kg3 Kb2 53.Rxa2+ Rxa2 54.Kxg4 Kc3 55.h6 Kd4 56.Kf5 Rh2 57.Kg6 Kd5
58.h7 Ke6 59.Kg7 Rg2+ 60.Kf8 Rh2 61.Kg8 Rg2+ 62.Kf8 Rh2 63.Kg8 Kf5 64.h8=Q Rxh8+
65.Kxh8 Kxf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2011.02.03"]
[Round "10.21"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Nezad,H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c6 4.e3 Bd6 5.Bd3 f5 6.O-O Nf6 7.b3 Qe7 8.a4 a5 9.Ba3 Bxa3
10.Nxa3 O-O 11.Qb1 b6 12.Rc1 Na6 13.Ne5 Nb4 14.cxd5 cxd5 15.Nc6 Nxc6 16.Rxc6 Rb8
17.Qc2 Bd7 18.Rc7 Rbc8 19.Nb5 Rxc7 20.Nxc7 Ne4 21.Rc1 Qa3 22.Bb5 Qe7 23.Bxd7 Qxd7
24.f3 Nd6 25.Qc6 Qe7 26.Qxb6 Rc8 27.Rc5 Qg5 28.f4 Qh4 29.h3 Qe7 30.Nb5  1-0

[Event "ch-USA GpA"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2011.04.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Robson,R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[ECO "D43"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5 8.Bg3 b5 9.Be2 Bg7
10.Ne5 Nbd7 11.O-O Bb7 12.Qc2 O-O 13.Rad1 Qe7 14.h4 Rad8 15.hxg5 hxg5 16.Rfe1 a6
17.Qc1 b4 18.Qxg5 bxc3 19.bxc3 Nd5 20.Qc1 N5b6 21.Nxc4 Nxc4 22.Bxc4 Nb6 23.Bb3 c5
24.Qe3 Rc8 25.Be5 Qh4 26.Bg3 Qe7 27.Bf4 cxd4 28.cxd4 Nc4 29.Qg3 Qf6 30.Rd3 Qg6
31.Qh4 Bxe4 32.Rg3 Qh7 33.Qg5 Bf5 34.Bxc4 f6 35.Bxe6+ Bxe6 36.Qxg7+ Qxg7
37.Rxg7+ Kxg7 38.Rxe6 Rc4 39.Rxa6 Rxd4 40.g3 Rdd8 41.Rb6 Rd1+ 42.Kg2 Ra8
43.Rb2 Ra1 44.Be3 R1xa2 45.Rxa2 Rxa2 46.Kf3  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA GpA"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2011.04.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kamsky,G"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 Qb6 8.Qd2 Qxb2
9.Rb1 Qa3 10.Bb5 Qa5 11.O-O c4 12.f5 Nb6 13.Qe1 exf5 14.a4 Be6 15.Bd2 Bb4
16.Rxb4 Qxb4 17.Ne4 Qb2 18.Nd6+ Kf8 19.Bc3 Qxc2 20.Nxb7 Nxa4 21.Bb4+ Kg8
22.Bxc6 Rc8 23.Rf2 Qb3 24.Na5 Rxc6 25.Nxc6 h6 26.Ne7+ Kh7 27.Ng5+ hxg5 28.Rf3 g6
29.Rxb3 cxb3 30.Ba3 Rb8 31.Qg3 g4 32.Qh4+ Kg7 33.Qf6+ Kh7 34.Bc1  1-0

[Event "ch-USA GpA"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2011.04.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Stripunsky,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[ECO "A50"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nf3 e6 4.a3 d5 5.Nc3 a6 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Bg5 Be7 8.e3 Nh5
9.Bxe7 Nxe7 10.Bd3 Nf6 11.Qc2 g6 12.Ne5 Bf5 13.Bxf5 Nxf5 14.Qb3 Rb8 15.g4 Ne7
16.O-O-O Qd6 17.f4 b5 18.g5 Nh5 19.Na4 O-O 20.Nc5 Rfd8 21.Kb1 a5 22.Rc1 a4
23.Qb4 Nf5 24.Rc3 Nhg7 25.Rhc1 Ne8 26.Rd3 Rb6 27.Qa5 Qe7 28.Qb4 Ned6 29.Re1 Nc4
30.Ka2 Qd6 31.Re2 Kg7 32.Qc3 Kg8 33.Ka1 Ne7 34.e4 Nc6 35.Nxc6 Qxc6 36.Qb4 dxe4
37.Nxe4 Kg7 38.d5 Rxd5 39.Qc3+ f6 40.Nxf6  1-0

[Event "ch-USA GpA"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2011.04.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Naroditsky,D"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[ECO "C06"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ne2 cxd4 8.cxd4 f6
9.exf6 Nxf6 10.Nf3 Qc7 11.O-O Bd6 12.Bg5 O-O 13.Rc1 Bd7 14.a3 h6 15.Bh4 Be8
16.Nc3 Bh5 17.Nb5 Qb8 18.Nxd6 Qxd6 19.Bg3 Qd8 20.Qe1 Bxf3 21.Qxe6+ Kh8 22.gxf3 Nxd4
23.Qe3 Nc6 24.Rfe1 Qd7 25.Qe6 Qxe6 26.Rxe6 Nh5 27.Rd6 Rad8 28.Rxd8 Rxd8 29.b4 Nxg3
30.fxg3 Kg8  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA GpA"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2011.04.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Shulman,Y"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[ECO "E76"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f4 Bg4 6.Nf3 Bxf3 7.gxf3 Nbd7 8.Be3 Nh5
9.Qd2 O-O 10.f5 c5 11.d5 Qa5 12.Be2 gxf5 13.exf5 Bxc3 14.bxc3 Kh8 15.Kf2 Rg8
16.Bh6 Ndf6 17.Bd3 Rae8 18.Rhe1 Qd8 19.Rg1 Qd7 20.Rxg8+ Rxg8 21.Re1 Qd8 22.a4 Nd7
23.Rg1 Rxg1 24.Kxg1 Nhf6 25.Kf1 Ng8 26.Bg5 Ne5 27.Be2 Qe8 28.f4 Nd7 29.Qe3 Ndf6
30.Bd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA GpA"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2011.04.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanov,AV USA"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[ECO "C05"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.c3 c5 6.f4 Nc6 7.Ndf3 Qb6 8.a3 Be7
9.h4 cxd4 10.cxd4 Na5 11.g3 Nb3 12.Rb1 Nxc1 13.Qxc1 Qd8 14.Bd3 Nb6 15.Ne2 Bd7
16.b3 Rc8 17.Qb2 O-O 18.O-O Na8 19.Ra1 Qb6 20.a4 Nc7 21.Qb1 h6 22.g4 Na6
23.g5 Nb4 24.gxh6 gxh6 25.Kh1 Kh8 26.a5 Qd8 27.f5 Rg8 28.f6 Bf8 29.Bh7 Bb5
30.Bxg8 Bd3 31.Qd1 Kxg8 32.Rg1+ Kh8 33.Nf4 Be4 34.Rg3 Rc3 35.Rc1 Nc2 36.Kh2 Ba3
37.Ng5 hxg5 38.Rxc3 Bxc1 39.Qxc1 gxf4 40.Qg1  1-0

[Event "ch-USA GpA"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2011.04.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Ehlvest,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[ECO "E61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 O-O 5.Bg5 c5 6.e3 cxd4 7.exd4 d5 8.Rc1 Ne4
9.Be3 Nxc3 10.bxc3 Nc6 11.Be2 dxc4 12.Bxc4 b6 13.O-O Bb7 14.Be2 e6 15.Qd2 Ne7
16.Bg5 Rc8 17.Rfd1 Qd6 18.a4 Nf5 19.a5 b5 20.Bf4 Qd5 21.a6 Ba8 22.Rb1 Bc6
23.Rb2 Rfd8 24.Rdb1 e5 25.Bxe5 Bxe5 26.dxe5 Qc5 27.Qe1 Rb8 28.h3 Rb6 29.e6 fxe6
30.Rb4 e5 31.Ng5 Qe7 32.Ne4 Rdb8 33.Bd3 Kg7 34.Qe2 Rxa6 35.Bxb5 Bxb5 36.Rxb5 Rxb5
37.Rxb5 Rc6 38.Rd5 Rc7 39.Qd3 h6 40.g3 Qe6 41.h4 Ne7 42.Rd6 Qc4 43.Qf3 Nf5
44.h5 Nxd6 45.Qf6+ Kg8 46.Nxd6 Qc6 47.hxg6 Rd7 48.Qe6+ Kf8 49.Qf5+ Kg8 50.Qe6+ Kf8
51.Qf6+ Kg8 52.Qe6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "1st Metropolitan International"]
[Site "Los Angeles USA"]
[Date "2011.08.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Barnett,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2254"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Qe7 5.g3 Nc6 6.Nc3 O-O 7.Bg2 Na5 8.b3 b6
9.O-O Bb7 10.Qc2 Rac8 11.Rfe1 Bxc3 12.Bxc3 Be4 13.Qb2 Nb7 14.Bf1 Bxf3 15.exf3 d5
16.c5 Rb8 17.Rac1 c6 18.Ba6 Nd7 19.b4 bxc5 20.bxc5 Na5 21.Qa3 Nc4 22.Qa4 Rbd8
23.Bxc4 dxc4 24.Qxc6 Nf6 25.Qa6 Nd5 26.Ba5 Rb8 27.Qxc4 Qf6 28.Kg2 Rb2 29.Bc3 Rbb8
30.Qd3 h5 31.h4 Qxh4 32.Re5 Qf6 33.Rxh5 g6 34.Re5 Kg7 35.Bd2 Qe7 36.Qe4 Qd7
37.c6 Qd6 38.Bf4 Rb2 39.Rh1 f5 40.Rxd5 Qxd5 41.Qxd5 exd5 42.Bh6+  1-0

[Event "1st Metropolitan International"]
[Site "Los Angeles USA"]
[Date "2011.08.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rensch,D"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6 4.f4 Qa5 5.e5 Ne4 6.Qf3 d5 7.Bd3 g6 8.Ne2 Bf5 9.g4 Nxc3
10.Nxc3 Bxd3 11.cxd3 Qb6 12.Qf2 Na6 13.Be3 h5 14.f5 hxg4 15.fxg6 fxg6 16.O-O-O O-O-O
17.Qf7 Rh3 18.Bg1 c5 19.dxc5 Qc6 20.d4 Rf3 21.Qh7 Qe6 22.h3 gxh3 23.a3 Qf5
24.Rh2 Nc7 25.Qh4 g5 26.Qe1 g4 27.Rc2 Bh6+ 28.Kb1 g3  0-1

[Event "1st Metropolitan International"]
[Site "Los Angeles USA"]
[Date "2011.08.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Altounian,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2431"]
[ECO "D20"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 c5 4.d5 e6 5.Bxc4 Nf6 6.Nc3 exd5 7.exd5 Bd6 8.Qe2+ Be7
9.d6 Qxd6 10.Nb5 Qd8 11.Bf4 O-O 12.Rd1 Bd7 13.Nc7 Nc6 14.Nxa8 Qxa8 15.Nf3 Bg4
16.O-O Re8 17.h3 Bh5 18.Qd3 Nd4 19.Nxd4 Bxd1 20.Ne6 fxe6 21.Bxe6+ Kh8 22.Qxd1 b6
23.Re1 Bf8 24.Re3 Qc6 25.Bf5 Rxe3 26.Bxe3 Qd5 27.Qxd5 Nxd5 28.Bd2 Nb4 29.a3 Nc6
30.Kf1 Be7 31.Be4 Nd8 32.Bd5 Bf6 33.b4  1-0

[Event "1st Metropolitan International"]
[Site "Los Angeles USA"]
[Date "2011.08.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gareev,T"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[ECO "D56"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 O-O 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 Ne4 8.Bxe7 Qxe7
9.Rc1 c6 10.h4 Nd7 11.g4 Nxc3 12.bxc3 e5 13.g5 e4 14.Nd2 hxg5 15.Qh5 g4 16.Qxg4 Qa3
17.Rd1 Nf6 18.Qf4 Qxc3 19.h5 Nh7 20.h6 f6 21.Qc7 gxh6 22.Rxh6 Bf5 23.cxd5 Ng5
24.Be2 Rf7 25.Qf4 Kg7 26.Rh2 Bh7 27.dxc6 Qxc6 28.Nc4 Rh8 29.Ne5 Qc3+ 30.Kf1 Rff8
31.Nd7 Qc8 32.Bg4 Qc4+ 33.Kg2 Qf7 34.Nxf8 Rxf8 35.Rc1 Qxa2 36.Qd6 Rf7 37.d5 Qd2
38.Rc8 Nf3 39.Qg3 Bg6 40.Bf5 Ng5 41.Qh4  1-0

[Event "1st Metropolitan International"]
[Site "Los Angeles USA"]
[Date "2011.08.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Matikozian,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[ECO "E84"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 Nc6 7.Nge2 a6 8.Qd2 Rb8
9.Rc1 Bd7 10.Nd1 b5 11.c5 e6 12.g3 Ne7 13.Nf2 b4 14.Nf4 a5 15.Be2 Bb5 16.Bxb5 Rxb5
17.cxd6 cxd6 18.O-O Qd7 19.b3 Rbb8 20.Rc2 Rfc8 21.Rfc1 Rxc2 22.Rxc2 Rc8 23.Kg2 Rxc2
24.Qxc2 Qc6 25.Qxc6 Nxc6 26.N2d3 d5  1/2-1/2

[Event "1st Metropolitan International"]
[Site "Los Angeles USA"]
[Date "2011.08.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Molner,M"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2447"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[ECO "C11"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 a6 8.Qd2 b5 9.Be2 Be7
10.O-O O-O 11.Nd1 b4 12.Nf2 a5 13.c4 bxc3 14.bxc3 Ba6 15.Rfc1 cxd4 16.cxd4 Qc8
17.Bxa6 Qxa6 18.f5 exf5 19.Qc2 Nd8 20.Qxf5 Ne6 21.Ng4 Rac8 22.Rxc8 Rxc8 23.Rf1 Nef8
24.Bg5 Qg6 25.Ne3 Qxf5 26.Nxf5 Bb4 27.Bd2 g6 28.Ne3 Bxd2 29.Nxd2 Ne6 30.Nf3 Nb6
31.Rb1 Rc6 32.Rb5 a4 33.Nxd5 Nxd5 34.Rxd5 Rc1+ 35.Kf2 Rc2+ 36.Ke3 Rxg2 37.Ra5 Rxa2
38.d5 Nf8 39.Ra8 Kg7 40.Ra7 Kg8 41.Ra8 Kg7 42.Ra7 Kg8 43.d6 a3 44.d7 Nxd7
45.Rxd7 Ra1 46.Ra7 a2 47.Kf2 h6 48.Kg2 Kf8 49.h3 Kg8 50.h4 Kf8 51.Kf2 Kg8
52.Kg3 Kf8 53.Kg2 Kg8 54.Nh2 Kg7 55.Nf3 Kg8 56.Kf2 Kf8 57.Nd2 Ke8 58.Nf1 Kf8
59.Ne3 Rh1 60.Rxa2 Rxh4 61.Kf3 Rh3+ 62.Ke4 Rh4+ 63.Kd5 h5 64.Rf2 Ke7 65.Nc4 Rh1
66.Nd6 Rd1+ 67.Ke4 Re1+ 68.Kd4 Rd1+ 69.Kc3 g5 70.Nxf7 g4 71.Ng5 g3 72.Rf7+ Ke8
73.Rg7 g2 74.Nf3 Rf1 75.Rxg2 Rxf3+ 76.Kd4  1/2-1/2

[Event "1st Metropolitan International"]
[Site "Los Angeles USA"]
[Date "2011.08.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Holt,C"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[ECO "D11"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bg4 5.Nc3 e6 6.Qb3 Qb6 7.Nh4 Bh5 8.h3 Qxb3
9.axb3 Na6 10.g4 Bg6 11.Nxg6 hxg6 12.Bg2 Nd7 13.Bd2 Be7 14.Ke2 Nb6 15.Na4 Kd7
16.Rhc1 Nxa4 17.Rxa4 Nc7 18.Rh1 Rhb8 19.Ra2 Rh8 20.e4 dxe4 21.Bxe4 a6 22.Raa1 Rad8
23.Be3 Kc8 24.f4 Bf6 25.Rad1 Rd7 26.Rd3 Kb8 27.Bf2 Bh4 28.Bg1 Bf6 29.Bf2 Bh4
30.Be3 Bf6 31.h4 Rhd8 32.Rhd1 Rh8 33.Bf2 Kc8 34.Kf3 Be7 35.Kg2 Bd6 36.Bg3 Rf8
37.Bf3 Rfd8 38.Be2 Be7 39.Bf2 Bd6 40.Be3 Be7 41.Bf3 Bf6 42.Be4 Be7 43.Bf2 Bd6
44.Bg3 Rf8 45.g5 Rh8 46.Bf3 Bb4 47.Rh1 Kd8 48.Bf2 Ke8 49.Rdd1 Ke7 50.Be3 Rdd8
51.Kf2 Rd7 52.Kg2 Rdd8 53.Kf2 Rd7 54.Ke2 Rdd8 55.Rh3 Ke8 56.Rdh1 Kf8 57.h5 gxh5
58.Rxh5 Rxh5 59.Rxh5 g6 60.Rh8+ Ke7 61.Rh7 Rg8 62.Be4 Ne8 63.Bd3 Ng7 64.Kf3 Nf5
65.Bxf5 exf5 66.Ke2 Rd8 67.Kd3 Ke6 68.Rh2 Bd6 69.Rh6 Bc7 70.b4 Bd6 71.Bd2 Bf8
72.Rh8 Be7 73.Rh7 Bd6 74.Rh1 Bc7 75.Re1+ Kd7 76.Rh1 Ke6 77.Rh4 Bd6 78.Bc3 Bc7
79.Ke3 Bb6 80.Rh1 Bc7 81.Kf3 Bd6 82.Re1+ Kd7 83.Rh1 Ke6 84.b3 Bc7 85.Rh7 Bb6
86.Rh2 Bc7 87.Rh3 Bb6 88.Ke3 Ba7 89.Kf3 Bb6  1/2-1/2

[Event "1st Metropolitan International"]
[Site "Los Angeles USA"]
[Date "2011.08.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mas,H"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2416"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.Qd2 e5 6.Nf3 Be7 7.h3 O-O 8.O-O-O b5
9.Qe1 Qc7 10.g4 Re8 11.Bg2 Bb7 12.dxe5 dxe5 13.Nd2 Nc5 14.Ne2 Ne6 15.Be3 a5
16.Ng3 a4 17.g5 Nd7 18.h4 a3 19.b3 Nf4 20.Bf3 Nc5 21.Nb1 Nce6 22.Bg4 c5 23.Nf5 Bf8
24.Bxf4 exf4 25.f3 b4 26.c4 Qe5 27.Rh2 g6 28.Re2 Rad8 29.Nh6+ Bxh6 30.Bxe6 Bg7
31.Bd7 Rf8 32.Qf2 Qa1 33.Rc2 Bc8  0-1

[Event "US Chess League 2011"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2011.08.31"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Gurevich,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[ECO "D58"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 b6 8.Bd3 Bb7
9.O-O Nbd7 10.Qe2 c5 11.Rfd1 Ne4 12.Bg3 cxd4 13.exd4 Nxc3 14.bxc3 Nf6 15.Ne5 Rc8
16.Rac1 dxc4 17.Bxc4 Nd5 18.Qd3 Bg5 19.Rc2 Nf4 20.Bxf4 Bxf4 21.Re1 Qh4 22.h3 Qg5
23.g3 Rxc4 24.Qxc4 Qf5 25.Rce2 Bxe5 26.Rxe5 Qxh3 27.d5 Bxd5 28.Rxd5 exd5
29.Qxd5 Qc8 30.Re7 Qxc3 31.Rxa7 Qe1+ 32.Kg2 Qe6 33.Qxe6 fxe6 34.Rb7 Ra8 35.Rxb6 Rxa2  1/2-1/2

[Event "US Chess League 2011"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2011.09.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kraai,J"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Be2 Nbd7 6.O-O e5 7.Be3 Be7 8.h3 Bh5
9.Nh4 Bg6 10.Nxg6 hxg6 11.a4 O-O 12.Bc4 Qc7 13.Ba2 a6 14.a5 Rad8 15.Qf3 Kh7
16.Bb3 Kh8 17.Rfd1  1/2-1/2

[Event "US Chess League 2011"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2011.10.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Charbonneau,P"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "C05"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.c3 c5 6.f4 Nc6 7.Ndf3 Qb6 8.a3 cxd4
9.cxd4 Na5 10.Ne2 Nb3 11.Rb1 Nxc1 12.Qxc1 Be7 13.Nc3 O-O 14.Bd3 f6 15.Qe3 fxe5
16.fxe5 Rf7 17.h4 Nf8 18.Ng5 Bxg5 19.hxg5 g6 20.Rf1 Rxf1+ 21.Kxf1 Bd7 22.Kg1 Bc6
23.b4 a6 24.a4 Rc8 25.b5 axb5 26.axb5 Be8 27.Na4 Qa7 28.Nc5 b6 29.Na6 Qe7
30.Be2 h6 31.gxh6 Nh7 32.Bg4 Bf7 33.Nb4 Rc4 34.Nc6 Qh4 35.Qf4 Ng5 36.Rf1 Qxh6
37.Nd8 Rc7 38.Nxf7 Nxf7 39.Bxe6 Qg7 40.Bxd5  1-0

[Event "American Open G/60"]
[Site "Orange USA"]
[Date "2011.11.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Adelberg,D"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2242"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[ECO "A41"]

1.d4 d6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 dxe5 4.Qxd8+ Kxd8 5.Nc3 Be6 6.Nf3 f6 7.e4 Nd7 8.Be3 Bc5
9.Bxc5 Nxc5 10.O-O-O+ Kc8 11.b4 Nd7 12.Kb2 a5 13.a3 Ne7 14.Nd5 Re8 15.c5 c6
16.Nc3 Kc7 17.Nd2 axb4 18.axb4 b6 19.cxb6+ Nxb6 20.Nb3 Nd7 21.Be2 Reb8 22.b5 Bxb3
23.Kxb3 Nc5+ 24.Kc4 Na4 25.Nxa4 Rxa4+ 26.Kc5 Ra2 27.Bc4 Rc2 28.Rb1 Nc8 29.Rhc1 Rxb5+
30.Rxb5 Rxc1 31.Rb2 Nd6 32.Rb4 Nxe4+  0-1

[Event "American Open G/60"]
[Site "Orange USA"]
[Date "2011.11.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Landaw,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2307"]
[ECO "D46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Bd6 6.Bd3 Nbd7 7.Qc2 O-O 8.O-O dxc4
9.Bxc4 b5 10.Be2 Bb7 11.Rd1 Qc7 12.e4 e5 13.Bg5 exd4 14.Rxd4 Rfe8 15.Rad1 Re6
16.Qd2 Ne8 17.Bxb5 Ne5 18.Nxe5 Bxe5 19.Rd7 Rd6 20.Rxc7 Rxd2 21.Rxd2 Nxc7
22.Bc4 Ba6 23.Bxa6 Nxa6 24.Be3 f5 25.exf5 Nc7 26.g4 a5 27.Na4 Nd5 28.Nb6 Nxb6
29.Bxb6 a4 30.b3 axb3 31.axb3 Rb8 32.Bd8  1-0

[Event "47th American Open"]
[Site "Orange USA"]
[Date "2011.11.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khachiyan,M"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[ECO "C41"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nbd7 4.Nf3 e5 5.Bc4 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Re1 c6 8.a4 Qc7
9.Bg5 h6 10.Bh4 b6 11.h3 Bb7 12.Ba2 a6 13.d5 c5 14.Bc4 Rfe8 15.Nd2 Nf8 16.Bf1 Ng6
17.Bg3 Bc8 18.f3 Nh5 19.Bf2 Bh4 20.Nc4 Bxf2+ 21.Kxf2 Qd8 22.Qd2 Ngf4 23.Rab1 Rb8
24.b4 cxb4 25.Rxb4 Qh4+ 26.Kg1 Bxh3 27.gxh3 Qg3+ 28.Kh1 Qxf3+  0-1

[Event "47th American Open"]
[Site "Orange USA"]
[Date "2011.11.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Peters,Ja"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[ECO "E18"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3 Ne4 8.Bd2 f5
9.Qc2 Nxc3 10.Bxc3 d6 11.d5 e5 12.c5 Bxd5 13.cxd6 cxd6 14.Rad1 Bxf3 15.Bxf3 e4
16.Bg2 Nd7 17.g4 Rc8 18.gxf5 Rxf5 19.Qxe4 Rg5 20.f4 Rg6 21.Kh1 Kh8 22.Bh3 Rc5
23.Qf3 Nf6 24.e4 Qa8 25.Bf5 Rh6 26.e5 Qxf3+ 27.Rxf3 Nd5 28.Bd4 Rc4 29.b3 Rc7
30.exd6 Bxd6 31.Be5 Bxe5 32.fxe5 Ne7 33.Rd8+ Ng8 34.Be4 Rg6 35.Bxg6  1-0

[Event "47th American Open"]
[Site "Orange USA"]
[Date "2011.11.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Remlinger,L"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2409"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[ECO "D14"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bf4 Bf5 7.e3 e6 8.Ne5 Nxe5
9.Bxe5 Nd7 10.Bg3 a6 11.Bd3 Bxd3 12.Qxd3 Be7 13.O-O O-O 14.Rac1 Rc8 15.Rc2 Qa5
16.Rfc1 Rc6 17.f3 Rfc8 18.Be1 Bd6 19.e4 dxe4 20.fxe4 Qc7 21.e5 Bb4 22.Rf2 Nb6
23.Rd1 Bxc3 24.Bxc3 Nd5 25.Bd2 Rc2 26.Rdf1 Rxb2 27.Qg3 f5 28.Ba5 Qxa5 29.Rxb2 b5
30.Rbf2 Qb4 31.Qd3 Qc4 32.Qa3 b4 33.Qa4 h6 34.Qd7 Qc6 35.Qa7 Rc7 36.Qb8+ Rc8
37.Qa7 Rc7 38.Qb8+ Kh7 39.h4 Ne3 40.Re1 Nd5 41.Ref1 Qc4 42.Rd2 Qc3 43.Rdd1 Ne3
44.Qa8 Nxf1 45.Kxf1 Qc4+ 46.Kg1 Qxa2 47.h5 Qe2 48.Rf1 Rc2  0-1

[Event "North American Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2011.12.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Rodriguez,Er"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2344"]
[ECO "A59"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 g6 6.Nc3 Bxa6 7.e4 Bxf1 8.Kxf1 d6
9.Nge2 Bg7 10.h3 O-O 11.Kg1 Qb6 12.Kh2 Na6 13.Rb1 Qb4 14.a3 Qa5 15.Qc2 Rfb8
16.Rd1 Rb7 17.Bg5 Ne8 18.f4 Kf8 19.Bh4 Rab8 20.Bg3 Bxc3 21.Nxc3 Rb3 22.Rd2 Nac7
23.Bh4 Qa6 24.Na2 Qb5 25.Nb4 Rxb4 26.axb4 Qxb4 27.Ra1 Qb3 28.Qxb3 Rxb3 29.e5 Nb5
30.Ra8 Nd4 31.Bg5  1-0

[Event "North American Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2011.12.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kekelidze,M"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2443"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6 4.f4 Qa5 5.Bd3 e5 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.Be3 Be7 8.Nd2 b5
9.Qf3 O-O 10.g4 exd4 11.Nb3 Qc7 12.Nxd4 Nc5 13.g5 Nfd7 14.O-O-O Re8 15.Kb1 Bf8
16.h4 b4 17.Nce2 Nxd3 18.cxd3 d5 19.exd5 c5 20.Nc6 Nb6 21.g6 hxg6 22.Ne5 Bb7
23.Qf2 Nxd5 24.Bc1 Nf6 25.Rhe1 Rad8 26.b3 Qc8 27.Bb2 a5 28.Ng3 Ng4 29.Qe2 Nxe5
30.fxe5 Qh3 31.Ne4 Ba6 32.Kc2 a4 33.Rf1 axb3+ 34.axb3 Rd7 35.Ng5 Qxh4 36.Qe3 f6
37.Ne4 Red8 38.exf6 Bxd3+ 39.Rxd3 Rxd3 40.Qxd3 Rxd3 41.f7+ Kh7 42.Kxd3 Qh3+
43.Ke2 Qg2+ 44.Nf2 g5 45.Ke1 Qf3 46.Rh1+ Kg6 47.Rh3 Qxf7 48.Ke2 c4 49.Rf3 Qe6+
50.Re3 Qf5 51.Bd4 Qc2+ 52.Kf3 Qd2 53.Re6+ Kf7 54.Re4 cxb3 55.Be3 Qd5  0-1

[Event "North American Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2011.12.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 d5 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Bf4 Nf6 5.e3 O-O 6.a3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.Nxd5 exd5 10.Bd3 Bb6 11.Ne2 Nc6 12.O-O Be6 13.b4 Qf6 14.Qb1 h6 15.a4 Rac8
16.a5 Bc7 17.Bxc7 Rxc7 18.Rc1 Rfc8 19.b5 Ne5 20.Rxc7 Rxc7 21.Nd4 Rc3 22.Be2 Qe7
23.b6 axb6 24.axb6 Ra3 25.h3 Nd7 26.Rxa3  1/2-1/2

[Event "North American Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2011.12.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Hunt,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2458"]
[ECO "D80"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Ne4 5.Bh4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 dxc4 7.e3 Be6 8.Rb1 b6
9.Nf3 Bg7 10.Be2 O-O 11.O-O c6 12.e4 b5 13.Qc1 Bg4 14.h3 Bxf3 15.Bxf3 Qc7
16.e5 a6 17.e6 fxe6 18.Qe3 e5 19.d5 Kh8 20.Rfd1 cxd5 21.Rxd5 Qa7 22.Rbd1 Nc6
23.Qc5 Rac8 24.Qxa7 Nxa7 25.Bxe7 Rfe8 26.Bc5 Nc6 27.Bg4 Rc7 28.Rd7 Rcc8 29.R7d6 e4
30.Bxc8 Rxc8 31.Rxc6 Rxc6 32.Rd8+ Bf8 33.Bxf8 Kg8 34.Bb4+ Kf7 35.Rd6 Rxd6
36.Bxd6 Ke6 37.Bb4 Kd5 38.Kf1 Ke5 39.Ke2  1-0

[Event "North American Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2011.12.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vallejo Pons,F"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[ECO "C06"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.c3 c5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.Ne2 cxd4 8.cxd4 f6
9.exf6 Nxf6 10.Nf3 Bd6 11.O-O Qc7 12.g3 O-O 13.Bf4 Bd7 14.Rc1 Be8 15.Ne5 Qb8
16.Nxc6 Bxc6 17.Qd2 e5 18.dxe5 Bxe5 19.Bxe5 Qxe5 20.Nd4 Bd7 21.Rfe1 Qd6 22.Nf5 Bxf5
23.Bxf5 Rae8 24.Qd4 b6 25.b4 Rxe1+ 26.Rxe1 Re8 27.Rc1 Qe5 28.Qxe5 Rxe5 29.Bd3 Kf7
30.a4 Re7 31.a5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Open"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2012.01.24"]
[Round "1.24"]
[White "Peek,Mar"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2354"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[ECO "A41"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Bg4 3.c4 Nd7 4.Qb3 Rb8 5.h3 Bxf3 6.Qxf3 g6 7.e3 Bg7 8.Nc3 c5
9.d5 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 Qa5 11.Qd1 b5 12.cxb5 Qxc3+ 13.Bd2 Qe5 14.Be2 Qxd5 15.O-O Ngf6
16.Bf3 Qe6 17.Qa4 O-O 18.Rab1 Ne5 19.Be2 Rb7 20.Rfc1 Rfb8 21.Qc2 Qf5 22.a4 a6
23.f4 Qxc2 24.Rxc2 Ned7 25.Ra1 axb5 26.Bxb5 Ra7 27.Be2 Ne4 28.Be1 d5 29.Bf3 f5
30.a5 c4 31.Bxe4 fxe4 32.Bc3 Nc5 33.Bd4 Rb5 34.a6 Rxa6 35.Rxa6 Nxa6 36.Ra2 Nc5
37.Ra8+ Kf7 38.Rh8 h5 39.Rh7+ Ke8 40.g4 hxg4 41.hxg4 Ne6 42.Be5 d4 43.Rh8+ Kd7
44.exd4 c3 45.d5 c2 46.dxe6+ Kxe6 47.Rc8 Rb1+ 48.Kf2 c1=Q 49.Rxc1 Rxc1  0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Open"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2012.01.25"]
[Round "2.20"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Arnold,Mar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2482"]
[ECO "C06"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 b5 5.Bf4 d6 6.dxe6 Bxe6 7.cxb5 a6 8.e4 Nxe4
9.Bd3 Nf6 10.O-O Be7 11.Ng5 Bg4 12.Qa4 Nbd7 13.bxa6 O-O 14.Nc3 d5 15.h3 Bh5
16.Qc2 Bg6 17.Bxg6 hxg6 18.Nf3 Rxa6 19.Nb5 Qb6 20.a4 Rc8 21.Rfe1 Bf8 22.Ne5 Nxe5
23.Bxe5 Nd7 24.Rad1 Qb7 25.b3 c4 26.Bd4 cxb3 27.Qxb3 Rc4 28.Ra1 Qa8 29.Red1 Raxa4
30.Nc7 Qc6 31.Rxa4 Rxa4 32.Nxd5 Ra3 33.Nb4 Qa4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Open"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2012.01.26"]
[Round "3.18"]
[White "Krush,I"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2467"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[ECO "A41"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Bg4 3.e4 Nf6 4.h3 Bh5 5.Nc3 c6 6.Bd3 e6 7.d5 cxd5 8.exd5 e5
9.g4 Bg6 10.Nh4 Nbd7 11.Nxg6 hxg6 12.Bd2 a6 13.Qe2 Nc5 14.O-O-O Be7 15.f4 Nfd7
16.Kb1 Qc7 17.g5 Nxd3 18.cxd3 b5 19.Ne4 Qb7 20.fxe5 Nxe5 21.Nxd6+ Bxd6 22.d4 Qxd5
23.dxe5 Be7 24.Bb4 Qe6 25.Bxe7 Qxe7 26.h4 Rc8 27.Ka1 Rc4 28.Qf3 Qe6 29.a3 Qc6
30.Qd3 O-O 31.h5 gxh5 32.Rxh5 Rc1+ 33.Rxc1 Qxc1+ 34.Ka2 Qc4+ 35.Qxc4 bxc4
36.Rh4 Rc8 37.Kb1 c3 38.b4 Re8 39.Re4 Kh7 40.Kc2 Kg6 41.e6 f5 42.gxf6 Kxf6
43.Kxc3 Rxe6 44.Rxe6+ Kxe6 45.Kd4 g5 46.Ke4 g4 47.a4 g3 48.Kf3 Kd5 49.Kxg3 Kc4
50.b5 axb5 51.axb5 Kxb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Open"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2012.01.27"]
[Round "4.25"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Molina,Rob"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Bf4 Nf6 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.Qc2 c5 8.Rd1 cxd4
9.Rxd4 Qa5 10.Bg3 Nb6 11.Nd2 dxc4 12.Bxc4 Nxc4 13.Nxc4 Qa6 14.O-O Bd7 15.Rfd1 Bc6
16.Bd6 Bxd6 17.Nxd6 Bd5 18.Ndb5 Rac8 19.Qd2 Qb6 20.Na3 Qc5 21.e4 Bc6 22.b4 Qe7
23.e5 Nd5 24.Ne4 Nb6 25.Nd6 Rb8 26.Nac4 Nxc4 27.Rxc4 Bd5 28.Rd4 f6 29.f4 h6
30.Rxd5 exd5 31.Qxd5+ Kh7 32.e6 f5 33.Nxf5 Qf6 34.Nd6 Rbd8 35.Qe4+ Kg8 36.f5 Qe7
37.Qe5 g6 38.Rd3 Rf6 39.g4 Rff8 40.Nf7 Rxf7 41.exf7+  1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Open"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2012.01.28"]
[Round "5.16"]
[White "Choukri,A"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2115"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[ECO "A41"]

1.d4 d6 2.g3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Bg4 4.Bg2 c6 5.c4 Nbd7 6.Nc3 e5 7.h3 Bh5 8.g4 Bg6
9.Nh4 Be7 10.Nxg6 hxg6 11.Be3 a6 12.Qd2 Qc7 13.O-O-O b5 14.g5 Nh5 15.d5 c5
16.cxb5 axb5 17.Nxb5 Qb7 18.Na3 O-O 19.Qc3 Rfb8 20.Rd2 Bd8 21.Nc4 Rxa2 22.Kc2 Qa6
23.Rb1 Rb4 24.Na3 Qa4+ 25.Kc1 Rb3 26.Qc2 Rbxa3 27.Qxa4 Rxa4 28.b3 Ra6 29.Rxa2 Rxa2
30.b4  0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Open"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2012.01.29"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Le Quang Liem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[ECO "D80"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Bg7 5.Bxf6 Bxf6 6.cxd5 c6 7.Rc1 O-O 8.dxc6 Qxd4
9.Qxd4 Bxd4 10.cxb7 Bxb7 11.Nf3 Bf6 12.e3 Nd7 13.Bb5 Rfd8 14.O-O Bxf3 15.gxf3 Rab8
16.Bxd7 Rxd7 17.Rc2 Rdb7 18.Rb1 Bxc3 19.Rxc3 Rxb2 20.Rxb2 Rxb2 21.Ra3 Rb7
22.Kg2 Kg7 23.f4 f5 24.Ra6 Kf7 25.Kg3 Rc7 26.h3 h6 27.h4 h5 28.a4 Rb7 29.Kf3 Rc7
30.Kg3 Rb7 31.Kf3 Rc7  1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Open"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2012.01.30"]
[Round "7.10"]
[White "Salem,AR"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[ECO "E55"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 c5 7.O-O dxc4 8.Bxc4 Nbd7
9.Qe2 a6 10.Rd1 b5 11.Bb3 Bb7 12.a4 bxa4 13.Nxa4 Qb8 14.Bc4 cxd4 15.exd4 Bd6
16.h3 Nd5 17.Nc3 N7f6 18.Ne5 Qc7 19.Na4 Rac8 20.b3 a5 21.Bg5 h6 22.Bd2 Nb4
23.Rac1 Qe7 24.Re1 Bd5 25.Nb6 Rc7 26.Ng4 Rb8 27.Nxd5 Nfxd5 28.Qf3 Rbc8 29.Rcd1 a4
30.Bxd5 Nxd5 31.bxa4 Bb4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Open"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2012.01.31"]
[Round "8.13"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "El Debs,F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[ECO "D16"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 e6 6.e4 Bb4 7.Bxc4 Nxe4 8.O-O Nf6
9.Qe2 O-O 10.Rd1 Nd5 11.Rd3 Nd7 12.Bg5 f6 13.Bd2 Re8 14.Re1 Nf8 15.h4 Bd7
16.h5 Bd6 17.Ne4 Nf4 18.Bxf4 Bxf4 19.g3 Bc7 20.h6 g6 21.Qd2 f5 22.Qc3 Ba5
23.b4 Bxb4 24.Qxb4 fxe4 25.Rxe4 Re7 26.Qxb7 Qb8 27.Rb3 Qxb7 28.Rxb7 Kf7 29.Ne5+ Ke8
30.Rf4 a5 31.Rb3 g5 32.Rg4 c5 33.dxc5 Bxa4 34.Ra3 Nd7 35.Rxg5 Nxe5 36.Rg8+ Kf7
37.Rxa8 Bc6 38.Rh8 Nxc4 39.Rxh7+ Kg8 40.Rxe7 Nxa3 41.Rxe6 Bd5 42.Rd6 Be4
43.c6 Nb5 44.Rd8+ Kh7 45.c7  1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Open"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2012.02.01"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Mamedyarov,S"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[ECO "D34"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.g3 Nf6 7.Bg2 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.Bg5 c4 10.Ne5 Be6 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.b3 Qa5 13.Qd2 Bb4 14.Bxf6 gxf6 15.Rfc1 Rad8
16.bxc4 dxc4 17.e3 c5 18.d5 Bxc3 19.Rxc3 Bxd5 20.Bxd5 Rxd5 21.Qc2 Rb8 22.Rxc4 Rb4
23.Rb1 Rxb1+ 24.Qxb1 Qb6 25.Qc2 f5 26.Rf4 Qc6 27.h3 h6 28.Kh2 a6 29.a4 Kg7
30.a5 Qe6 31.Qc3+ Qe5 32.Qc4 Qe6 33.h4 Kg8 34.Qc2 Kg7 35.e4 fxe4 36.Rxe4 Qf5
37.Qb2+ Rd4 38.Rxd4 cxd4 39.Qxd4+ f6 40.Qb6 h5 41.Kg1 Qd3 42.Qb7+ Kg6 43.Kg2 Qc4
44.Qb1+ Kg7 45.Qf5 Qc6+ 46.Kh2 Kh6 47.Kg1 Qc1+ 48.Kg2 Qc6+ 49.Qf3 Qd6 50.Kf1 Kg6
51.Qe4+ Kg7 52.Qf5 Qc6 53.Kg1 Kh6 54.Kh2 Qd6 55.Kh3 Qc6 56.f3 Qc3 57.g4 hxg4+
58.Kxg4 Qb2 59.Qf4+ Kg7 60.Qc7+ Kg6 61.h5+ Kh6 62.Kf5 Qb5+ 63.Kxf6 Qg5+ 64.Ke6 Qe3+
65.Kd7 Kxh5 66.f4 Kg4 67.Kc8 Qb3 68.Qe5 Qb4 69.Kc7 Qb3 70.Kc6 Qb4 71.Qg5+ Kf3
72.Qh5+ Kg3 73.Qg5+ Kf3 74.Kc7 Qb3 75.Qf6 Qb4 76.Qe5 Kg4 77.f5 Kg5 78.Kc6 Qb3
79.Qc5 Qb8 80.Kd7 Qb7+ 81.Ke6 Qb3+ 82.Kd7 Qb7+ 83.Kd6 Qb3 84.Kc7 Qf7+ 85.Kb6 Qe8
86.Kxa6 Qa8+ 87.Kb6 Qb8+ 88.Kc6 Qc8+ 89.Kd5 Qd7+ 90.Kc4 Qa4+ 91.Kc3 Qa1+
92.Kb4 Qb2+ 93.Ka4 Qa2+ 94.Kb5 Qb3+ 95.Kc6 Qa4+ 96.Kc7 Qf4+ 97.Kb7 Qe4+ 98.Ka7 Qe8
99.Qd5 Qe7+ 100.Kb8 Qe8+ 101.Kc7 Qe7+ 102.Kc8 Qa7 103.f6+ Kxf6 104.Qd8+  1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Open"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2012.02.02"]
[Round "10.17"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Cabrera,Ale"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2504"]
[ECO "A80"]

1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bg5 d5 4.Bxf6 exf6 5.e3 Be6 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.Nge2 Qd7 8.a3 Bf7
9.Na4 g6 10.b3 Na5 11.O-O Bd6 12.Nc5 Qc8 13.Qd2 b6 14.Ba6 Qb8 15.Qc3 bxc5
16.dxc5 Be5 17.Qxa5 Bxa1 18.Rxa1 O-O 19.Nd4 Be8 20.c6 Qb6 21.Qxd5+ Bf7 22.Qb5 Rfe8
23.g3 Re5 24.Qxb6 axb6 25.Bb7 Rd8 26.b4 Bc4 27.a4 g5 28.c3 Kf7 29.a5 bxa5
30.bxa5 Rdd5 31.Ra4 Bd3 32.a6 Ra5 33.Rxa5 Rxa5 34.Nb3 Ra2 35.Nc5 Be2 36.f4 Ke7
37.h3 h6 38.h4 gxh4 39.gxh4 Kd6 40.Nd7 Bxa6 41.Nxf6 Bxb7 42.cxb7 Rb2 43.Ng8 Rxb7
44.Nxh6 Ke6 45.e4 fxe4 46.Kf2 Rb3 47.Ke3 Kd5 48.Kd2 Rb2+ 49.Ke3 Rc2 50.f5 Rxc3+
51.Kf4 Rf3+ 52.Kg4 Rf1  0-1

[Event "6th Philadelphia Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2012.04.04"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Yanayt,E"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2245"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Be2 Nbd7 6.O-O e5 7.Be3 Be7 8.h3 Bh5
9.Nd2 Bg6 10.f4 exf4 11.Bxf4 O-O 12.Kh1 Qc7 13.Bf3 Rfe8 14.a4 Bf8 15.Re1 Rad8
16.g4 h6 17.Re2 c5 18.Nb5 Qb8 19.c3 a6 20.Na3 cxd4 21.cxd4 Qa7 22.Qg1 d5
23.e5 Ne4 24.Bxe4 dxe4 25.Nxe4 Bxe4+ 26.Rxe4 Nf6 27.Ree1 Qxd4 28.Qxd4 Rxd4
29.Bxh6 Nxg4 30.Be3 Nxe3 31.Rxe3 Rxa4 32.Rd1 Bc5 33.Rc3 Rxe5 34.Rd8+ Kh7
35.Rd7 Rf4 36.Nc2 Rf1+ 37.Kg2 Rf2+ 38.Kg3 Rg5+ 39.Kh4 f6 40.Rc4 b5 41.Re4 Rxc2  0-1

[Event "6th Philadelphia Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2012.04.05"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Krush,I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2461"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Bxd2+ 5.Qxd2 d5 6.e3 O-O 7.Nc3 Qe7 8.Rc1 Rd8
9.Qc2 a6 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Bd3 Nc6 12.Be2 Bg4 13.O-O Ne4 14.h3 Bh5 15.Ne5 Nb4
16.Qd1 Bxe2 17.Qxe2 f6 18.Nf3 Rd7 19.a3 Nc6 20.b4 Nxc3 21.Rxc3 Na7 22.Rc5 Nc8
23.Rfc1 c6 24.a4 Nd6 25.Nd2 Re8 26.Qd3 f5 27.Nf3 Ne4 28.Ne5 Rdd8 29.f3 Nxc5
30.bxc5 Qf6 31.f4 Re7 32.Rf1 Rf8 33.Qb1 g5 34.Qd1 h6 35.Qh5 Rg7 36.Kh2 Qe6
37.g3 Qf6 38.Rf2 Kh7 39.Qf3 Qe6 40.a5 g4 41.Qd1 gxh3 42.Qh5 Rfg8 43.Rf3 Rg4
44.Kxh3 R4g7  1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Philadelphia Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2012.04.05"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Prasca Sosa,R"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[ECO "C03"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nd7 4.e5 Ne7 5.f4 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ndf3 Qb6 8.g3 cxd4
9.cxd4 Bb4+ 10.Kf2 Be7 11.Kg2 f5 12.Ne2 a6 13.h3 Nf8 14.Nc3 Bd7 15.Rb1 Rc8
16.Be3 Na5 17.Na4 Qd8 18.Nc5 Bb5 19.Bxb5+ axb5 20.Bf2 Bxc5 21.dxc5 Nc6 22.b4 Ra8
23.Qd3 Rxa2 24.Ra1 Rb2 25.Rhb1 Rxb1 26.Rxb1 Nd7 27.Qxb5 Qc7  1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Philadelphia Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2012.04.06"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Bonin,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2313"]
[ECO "A41"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Bg4 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 Nd7 5.e4 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.Be3 Ngf6 8.O-O O-O
9.Rc1 e5 10.d5 Bxf3 11.Bxf3 c5 12.Qd3 Kh8 13.Bg5 a6 14.a3 Qc7 15.Be2 Ng8
16.Qh3 f5 17.exf5 gxf5 18.f4 e4 19.g4 Qb6 20.Rb1 Qb3 21.gxf5 Nb6 22.Kh1 Nxc4
23.Bd1 Qb6 24.Nxe4 Bd4 25.f6 Ne3 26.Rg1 Nxd1 27.Rbxd1 Bxg1 28.Qd7  1-0

[Event "6th Philadelphia Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2012.04.06"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Shahade,G"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[ECO "C05"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.c3 c5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.Ne2 Qb6 8.Nf3 cxd4
9.cxd4 f6 10.exf6 Nxf6 11.O-O Bd6 12.b3 e5 13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.Nxe5 Bxe5 15.Rb1 O-O
16.h3 Bd7 17.Bf4 Rae8 18.Qd2 Kh8 19.Bxe5 Rxe5 20.Ng3 Qd4 21.Qb2 Qxb2 22.Rxb2 Rc8
23.Rd1 Kg8 24.Rbd2 Kf7 25.Be2 Rce8 26.Bf3 Re1+ 27.Kh2 Rxd1 28.Rxd1 Be6 29.Nf1 Ke7
30.Ne3 Kd6 31.Nc4+ Kc5 32.Ne3 a5 33.Rc1+ Kd6 34.Kg1 b5 35.Kf1 Rc8 36.Rxc8 Bxc8
37.g4 d4 38.Nc2 Kc5 39.Ke2 b4 40.Kd2 g5 41.Ne1 Ba6 42.Bg2 h6 43.Kd1 Nd5 44.Bxd5 Kxd5
45.Nf3 Ke4 46.Ne1 Bf1 47.Kd2 d3 48.f3+ Kf4 49.Nxd3+ Bxd3 50.Kxd3 Kxf3 51.Kc4 Kg3
52.Kb5 Kxh3 53.Kxa5 Kxg4 54.Kxb4 h5  0-1

[Event "6th Philadelphia Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2012.04.07"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Panchanathan,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[ECO "E18"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3 Ne4 8.Bd2 f5
9.Qc2 Bf6 10.Rad1 Nxc3 11.Bxc3 Be4 12.Qb3 d6 13.Ne1 Bxg2 14.Nxg2 Qe8 15.Rfe1 Qf7
16.Qa4 Qd7 17.Qc2 d5 18.Nf4 a5 19.cxd5 exd5 20.Rc1 Nc6 21.Bd2 Nxd4 22.Qxc7 Qxc7
23.Rxc7 Be5 24.Rb7 Bxf4 25.Bxf4 Rae8 26.Be3 Re4 27.Bxd4 Rxd4 28.e3 Rc4 29.Rd1 Rd8
30.Rxb6 d4 31.Rd3 Rd5 32.Kg2 h6 33.Rxd4 Rcxd4 34.exd4 Rxd4 35.Rb5 Ra4 36.a3 g6
37.Kf3 Kf7 38.Ke3 Kf6 39.Kd3 Kg5 40.f3 Kf6 41.Rc5  1-0

[Event "6th Philadelphia Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2012.04.07"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Erenburg,S"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[ECO "C06"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ne2 cxd4 8.cxd4 f6
9.exf6 Nxf6 10.Nf3 Qc7 11.O-O Bd6 12.Bd2 O-O 13.Rc1 Bd7 14.Bc3 Rae8 15.Ng3 Qb8
16.Re1 e5 17.dxe5 Nxe5 18.Nxe5 Bxe5 19.Bxe5 Rxe5 20.Qd2 Rfe8 21.h3 Rxe1+
22.Rxe1 Rxe1+ 23.Qxe1 Qf4 24.Ne2 Qe5 25.Qb4 b6 26.Qd4 Qe8 27.Qf4 Bb5 28.Bxb5 Qxb5
29.Nd4 Qxb2 30.Qb8+ Kf7 31.Qc7+ Kg6 32.Qg3+ Kf7 33.Qc7+ Kg6 34.Ne6 Ne4 35.f3 Nc5
36.Nf8+ Kh6 37.Qf4+ g5 38.Qd6+ Kg7 39.Qe7+ Kg8 40.Nxh7 Qb1+ 41.Kh2 Qxh7 42.Qe8+ Kg7
43.Qe7+ Kg6 44.Qd6+ Kf7 45.Qc7+ Kg8 46.Qd8+ Kg7 47.Qe7+ Kh6 48.Qf6+ Qg6 49.Qh8+ Qh7
50.Qf6+ Kh5 51.Qd6 Qc2 52.Qf6 d4 53.Qf7+ Kh6 54.Qf6+ Kh5 55.Qf7+ Qg6 56.Qf8 Qc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Philadelphia Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2012.04.08"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Hammer,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bxf6 Qxf6 8.Qb3 c5
9.a3 Bxc3+ 10.Qxc3 Nd7 11.Qe3+ Qe7 12.Qxe7+ Kxe7 13.dxc5 Nxc5 14.Nd4 Bd7
15.e3 Rhc8 16.Be2 Ne6  1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Philadelphia Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2012.04.08"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Shankland,S"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 c6 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bxd6 Qxd6 8.e3 Qg6
9.Qxg6 hxg6 10.b4 Nf6 11.f3 Be6 12.Bd3 Nbd7 13.Nge2 g5 14.g4 Ke7 15.Kd2 Rh3
16.Ng1 Rh4 17.a4  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA 2012"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.05.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Seirawan,Y"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.Bf4 dxc4 6.e3 Nd5 7.Bxc4 Nxf4 8.exf4 Bd6
9.g3 O-O 10.O-O b6 11.Re1 Bb7 12.d5 exd5 13.Bxd5 Bxd5 14.Qxd5 Nf6 15.Qc6 Qd7
16.Qxd7 Nxd7 17.Nb5 Nf6 18.Rac1 Rfc8 19.Rc6 Kf8 20.Rec1 Rd8 21.Nxc7 Rab8
22.a3 a5 23.Kg2 Ne4 24.R1c4 Nc5 25.b4 axb4 26.axb4 Bxc7 27.Rxc7 Ne6 28.Ra7 Ra8
29.Rxa8 Rxa8 30.Rc6 Rb8 31.Ng5 Nd8 32.Rc7 h6 33.Nf3 Rb7 34.Rc8 Ke7 35.Ne5 Ne6
36.b5 Nc7 37.Nc6+ Kd6 38.Rd8+ Kc5 39.Rd7 Kxb5 40.Nd8 Ra7 41.Rxf7 g6 42.g4 Ra8
43.Rxc7 Rxd8 44.Rh7 h5 45.f5 hxg4 46.fxg6 Rg8 47.Rh6 Kc4 48.Kg3 b5 49.Kxg4 b4
50.Kg5 b3 51.Rh4+ Kc5 52.Re4 b2 53.Re1 Rb8 54.Rb1 Kd6 55.g7 Ke7 56.Rxb2  1-0

[Event "ch-USA 2012"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.05.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Shulman,Y"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 a6 6.b3 Bb4 7.Bd2 Bd6 8.Bd3 c5 9.O-O O-O
10.cxd5 exd5 11.e4 cxd4 12.Nxd5 Nxd5 13.exd5 Bg4 14.h3 Bh5 15.g4 Bg6 16.Bxg6 hxg6
17.Rc1 Nd7 18.Rc4 Ne5 19.Rxd4 Bc5 20.Re4 Nxf3+ 21.Qxf3 Qxd5 22.Be3 Rae8 23.Bxc5 Qxe4
24.Qxe4 Rxe4 25.Bxf8 Kxf8 26.Rc1 Rb4 27.Rc7 a5 28.Kg2 b5 29.Rb7 a4 30.bxa4 Rxa4
31.Rxb5 Rxa2 32.Rb8+ Ke7 33.Rg8 Kf6 34.h4 g5 35.hxg5+ Kg6 36.Kg3 Ra3+ 37.f3 Rb3
38.Rf8 Ra3 39.Kf2 Ra2+ 40.Ke3 Ra3+ 41.Kf4 Ra4+ 42.Kg3  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA 2012"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.05.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Stripunsky,A"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "C03"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Be7 4.Bd3 c5 5.dxc5 Nf6 6.Qe2 O-O 7.Ngf3 Nfd7 8.Nb3 a5
9.e5 a4 10.h4 f5 11.exf6 Rxf6 12.Nbd4 Nxc5 13.Bg5 Nc6 14.Nxc6 bxc6 15.Ne5 Qa5+
16.Kf1 Qc7 17.Re1 Nxd3 18.cxd3 Rf5 19.Bxe7 Qxe7 20.Nxc6 Qc5 21.Ne5 d4 22.Kg1 Qd5
23.Nc4 Rb8 24.Rh3 Ba6 25.Rg3 Rbf8 26.Nb6 Qd6 27.Qxe6+ Qxe6 28.Rxe6 R8f6 29.Rxf6 Rxf6
30.Nxa4 Rc6 31.b4 Rc1+ 32.Kh2 Ra1 33.Nc5 Bb5 34.Ne6 g6 35.Rf3 h6 36.Nxd4 Be8
37.Re3 Bf7 38.Re2 Bxa2 39.Re8+ Kf7 40.Ra8  1-0

[Event "ch-USA 2012"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.05.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Lenderman,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 Nbd7 8.e3 g5
9.Bg3 Ne4 10.Nd2 Nxg3 11.hxg3 Nb6 12.Bd3 Be6 13.Qc2 c6 14.O-O-O Qe7 15.a3 Bd6
16.e4 dxe4 17.Bxe4 Bc7 18.Nb3 O-O-O 19.Bf5 Kb8 20.Rhe1 Bxb3 21.Rxe7 Bxc2
22.Kxc2 Rhf8 23.g4 Nd5 24.Nxd5 Rxd5 25.Rd7 Rxd7 26.Bxd7 Rd8 27.Bf5 Bb6 28.Kc3 a5
29.f3 Rd6 30.Be4 Bd8 31.d5 Bf6+ 32.Kc2 Kc7 33.dxc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA 2012"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.05.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kamsky,G"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "C67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8
9.Rd1+ Ke8 10.Nc3 h6 11.b3 Ne7 12.h3 Ng6 13.Ne2 a5 14.a4 Be6 15.Bb2 Bc5 16.Nd2 Rd8
17.Ne4 Rxd1+ 18.Rxd1 Be7 19.f3 h5 20.Kf2 Bd5 21.N4g3 Bc5+ 22.Bd4 Bf8 23.c4 Be6
24.Ne4 b6 25.Bc3 c5 26.Bb2 Be7 27.N2c3 c6 28.Nd6+ Kf8 29.Nce4 h4 30.Nb7 Ke8
31.Nf6+ gxf6 32.exf6 Rg8 33.Ke3 Nf8 34.Rd2 Nd7 35.fxe7 Kxe7 36.Nd6 f6 37.Kf4 Nf8
38.Bc3 Ng6+ 39.Ke4 Nf8 40.Ke3 Rg6 41.Kf2 Rg8 42.Ne4 Nh7 43.Kf1 Rg6 44.Re2 Nf8
45.f4 Nd7 46.Be1 Rh6 47.f5 Bf7 48.Bd2 Rh8 49.Nxf6+ Kd8 50.Bg5  1-0

[Event "ch-USA 2012"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.05.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[ECO "A40"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6 3.Nf3 Bb7 4.g3 Bxf3 5.exf3 c6 6.d5 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 Qe7 8.dxe6 Nf6
9.Nc3 O-O 10.Qe2 Re8 11.Bg2 Qxe6 12.Qxe6 fxe6 13.O-O-O d5 14.f4 Nbd7 15.Rhe1 Rac8
16.Kb1 Bc5 17.f5 exf5 18.cxd5 cxd5 19.Nxd5 Bxf2 20.Rf1 Bc5 21.Rxf5 Ne4 22.Bxe4 Rxe4
23.Bc3 Rf8 24.Rxf8+ Bxf8 25.Kc2 Re2+ 26.Rd2 Rxd2+ 27.Kxd2 Kf7 28.Ke3 Bd6
29.Bd4 g6 30.Ke4 Ke6  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA 2012"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.05.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hess,Ro"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Nbd2 Nd7 6.Nb3 Ne7 7.c3 Bg4 8.h3 Bh5
9.Be3 Nf5 10.Bd3 Nxe3 11.fxe3 f6 12.exf6 gxf6 13.g4 Bf7 14.Qe2 Qc7 15.O-O-O O-O-O
16.Kb1 a5 17.Qc2 e5 18.dxe5 fxe5 19.Bxh7 a4 20.Nbd2 Be7 21.h4 a3 22.Ng5 Bg8
23.Bxg8 Rdxg8 24.Ndf3 e4 25.Nd4 Ne5 26.Nf5 Bxg5 27.hxg5 Rxh1 28.Rxh1 axb2
29.Qxb2 Kb8 30.Rh6 Nc4 31.Qh2 Qxh2 32.Rxh2 Rxg5 33.Rh4 Ne5 34.Nh6 Rg6 35.Kc2 Ka7
36.Kb3 Kb6 37.Kb4 c5+ 38.Kb3 Ka5 39.Rh5 Rb6+ 40.Kc2 Nc4 41.Nf5 Rb2+ 42.Kd1 Rxa2
43.Ke1 Rg2 44.Rg5 Ne5 45.Rg7 b5 46.Ne7 Rxg4 47.Rxg4 Nxg4 48.Nxd5 Ka4 49.Nb6+ Kb3
50.Nd7 Kxc3 51.Nxc5 Nf6 52.Ke2 b4 53.Kd1 Kc4 54.Na4 Kd3 55.Nc5+ Kxe3 56.Kc2 Nd5
57.Kb3 Kf3 58.Kc4 e3 59.Nd3 e2 60.Ne1+ Kf2 61.Nd3+ Ke3 62.Ne1 Nf4 63.Nc2+ Kd2
64.Nd4 Nd3 65.Nf3+ Kc2 66.Nd4+ Kd1 67.Nf3 Ne5+  0-1

[Event "ch-USA 2012"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.05.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Ramirez,Alej"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[ECO "A43"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.d5 b5 4.Bg5 Ne4 5.Bh4 Bb7 6.a4 Qa5+ 7.Nbd2 bxa4 8.c3 f5
9.Rxa4 Qb6 10.Nc4 Qh6 11.e3 g5 12.Bg3 Nxg3 13.fxg3 Bg7 14.Na5 Bc8 15.g4 fxg4
16.Rxg4 O-O 17.Bd3 Kh8 18.O-O d6 19.Nxg5 Bf6 20.Rg3 Bxg5 21.Rxf8+ Qxf8 22.Rxg5 Nd7
23.Bxh7 Qh6 24.Rg3 Nf6 25.Bc2 Bg4 26.Qe1 Rg8 27.h3 Bxh3 28.Rxg8+ Kxg8 29.gxh3 Qxh3
30.Bd1 Ng4 31.Bxg4 Qxg4+ 32.Kh2 Qh5+ 33.Kg1 Qg5+ 34.Kf2 Qxd5 35.Ke2 Qh5+
36.Kd2 c4 37.b4 cxb3 38.Nxb3 Qd5+ 39.Kc2 Qe4+ 40.Kb2 Kf7 41.Qd2 Qc4 42.Qd4 Qe2+
43.Nd2 Ke8 44.Kc2 Qa6 45.Qc4 Qb6 46.e4 Kd8 47.Nb3 Qf2+ 48.Kb1 Qb6 49.Ka2 Kd7
50.Nd4 a6 51.Qa4+  1-0

[Event "ch-USA 2012"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.05.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Robson,R"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "B13"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 Be6 7.Be2 Qa5 8.c5 Ne4
9.Bd2 Nxd2 10.Qxd2 g6 11.Bb5 Bg7 12.Nf3 O-O 13.h3 Qc7 14.O-O f6 15.Rab1 a6
16.Bxc6 bxc6 17.b4 Bf5 18.Rb3 e5 19.a4 Be4 20.Ne2 Rab8 21.Ne1 Bf5 22.Nc2 Bxc2
23.Qxc2 f5 24.dxe5 Qxe5 25.Rd1 Rfe8 26.Re3 Qb2 27.Qxb2 Bxb2 28.Rxe8+ Rxe8
29.Kf1 Rb8 30.Nd4 Bxd4 31.Rxd4 Kf7 32.Ke2 Ke6 33.Kd3 g5 34.Kc3 f4 35.Rd2 Kf6
36.Re2 h6 37.g4 Kf7 38.f3 Kf6 39.Re1 Kf7 40.h4 gxh4 41.Rh1 Re8 42.b5 axb5
43.axb5 cxb5 44.Kd4 b4 45.c6 b3 46.Rxh4 Re1 47.Rh2 Rc1 48.Kxd5 Rc2 49.Rxh6 b2
50.Rh7+ Ke8 51.Rb7 Kd8 52.Ke5 Rxc6 53.Rxb2 Rc4 54.Rd2+ Ke7 55.Rd4 Rc5+ 56.Kxf4 Kf6
57.Rd6+ Kg7 58.g5  1-0

[Event "ch-USA 2012"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.05.18"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Onischuk,Al"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "D20"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 e5 4.Bxc4 exd4 5.exd4 Bd6 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.Qe2+ Qe7 8.Qxe7+ Bxe7
9.Bf4 c6 10.O-O-O Nbd7 11.Re1 Nb6 12.Bb3 Nfd5 13.Nxd5 Nxd5 14.Bxd5 cxd5 15.Bd6 Be6
16.Bxe7 Kxe7 17.Ne2 Rhe8 18.Kd2 Kd7 19.Nf4 f6 20.Nxe6 Rxe6 21.Rxe6 Kxe6 22.Rc1 Kd6
23.Rc3 Re8 24.Ra3 a6 25.Rb3 Re7 26.f3 Kc7 27.Rc3+ Kb8 28.h4 Re6 29.Rc5 Rd6
30.Ke3 Re6+ 31.Kd2 Rd6 32.Ke3 Re6+ 33.Kd2  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA 2012"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.05.19"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kaidanov,G"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "E55"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 c5 7.O-O dxc4 8.Bxc4 Nbd7
9.a3 Bxc3 10.bxc3 b6 11.Re1 Bb7 12.Bd3 Ne4 13.Bb2 f5 14.c4 Qe7 15.a4 a5 16.Rb1 Rad8
17.Ba1 Rf6 18.d5 Rg6 19.Bxe4 fxe4 20.d6 Rxg2+ 21.Kxg2 exf3+ 22.Kh1 Qh4 23.Rg1 e5
24.Qd2 Be4 25.Rbc1 Re8 26.Rg3 Re6 27.Rcg1 Rh6 28.Rxg7+ Kf8 29.Rg8+ Kf7 30.R1g7+ Kf6
31.Kg1 Qxh2+ 32.Kf1 Rg6 33.Rxg6+ hxg6  0-1

[Event "21st Chicago Open"]
[Site "Wheeling USA"]
[Date "2012.05.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Shulman,Y"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 a6 6.c5 Nbd7 7.b4 Qc7 8.Bb2 Be7 9.Bd3 e5
10.dxe5 Nxe5 11.Nxe5 Qxe5 12.Qc2 Qh5 13.Ne2 O-O 14.h4 a5 15.a3 axb4 16.axb4 Rxa1+
17.Bxa1 Ng4 18.Bd4 Qh6 19.Bf5 Bxf5 20.Qxf5 Qe6 21.Qf4 Bf6 22.O-O Ne5  1/2-1/2

[Event "21st Chicago Open"]
[Site "Wheeling USA"]
[Date "2012.05.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Perunovic,Mil"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nd2 e6 5.Nb3 c5 6.dxc5 Bxc5 7.Nxc5 Qa5+ 8.c3 Qxc5
9.Be3 Qc7 10.f4 Ne7 11.Nf3 Nbc6 12.Be2 O-O 13.O-O Rfd8 14.Rc1 Rac8 15.Qe1 Be4
16.Nd2 Bg6 17.Nf3 Qa5 18.a3 Nf5 19.Bf2 Qa4 20.b4 Bh5 21.h3 Bxf3 22.Bxf3 d4
23.g4 Nfe7 24.Bh4 Rd7 25.cxd4 Nxd4 26.Rxc8+ Nxc8 27.Bg2 Qxa3 28.f5 Nc2 29.Qc1 Qd3
30.Kh2 Qd2 31.Bg5 Qe2 32.fxe6 fxe6 33.Qf4 h6 34.Rf2 Qe1 35.Be4 Qxb4 36.Rxc2  1-0

[Event "21st Chicago Open"]
[Site "Wheeling USA"]
[Date "2012.05.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Mandizha,F."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "A84"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 c6 5.Bg2 d5 6.O-O Bd6 7.Ne5 O-O 8.Nd2 Nbd7
9.Ndf3 Ne4 10.Bf4 Ndf6 11.c5 Be7 12.b4 Qe8 13.a4 a5 14.b5 cxb5 15.axb5 Qxb5
16.Qc2 Ra6 17.Rfb1 Qe8 18.Ne1 Nd7 19.Nxd7 Qxd7 20.Nd3 Bf6 21.e3 g5 22.Be5 Bd8
23.f3 Nf6 24.Bf1 Qe8 25.Bd6 Be7 26.Ne5 Ra8 27.Rb6 Qd8 28.Bb5 g4 29.fxg4 Nxg4
30.Nxg4 fxg4 31.Bf4 Rf7 32.Qe2 Rg7 33.Qd2 h5 34.Rxa5 Rxa5 35.Qxa5 Bd7 36.Qa4 Bxb5
37.Qxb5 Bg5  1-0

[Event "21st Chicago Open"]
[Site "Wheeling USA"]
[Date "2012.05.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Arjun,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2296"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Qe7 5.g3 Nc6 6.Nc3 Bxc3 7.Bxc3 Ne4 8.Rc1 d6
9.d5 Nxc3 10.Rxc3 Nb8 11.Bg2 e5 12.O-O O-O 13.Qc2 a5 14.Nd2 f5 15.c5 Na6
16.cxd6 cxd6 17.Rc1 b5 18.a3 Bd7 19.Qd3 Rab8 20.Nb3 b4 21.axb4 axb4 22.R3c2 Bb5
23.Qd2 f4 24.Na5 Qa7 25.gxf4 Rxf4 26.e3 Rf6 27.Nc6 Bxc6 28.dxc6 Nc5 29.Qd5+ Kf8
30.Rxc5 dxc5 31.Qxe5 Re8 32.Qxc5+ Qxc5 33.Rxc5 Rc8 34.Rb5 Rd6 35.Bd5 Rxd5
36.Rxd5 Rxc6 37.Rb5 Rc4 38.Rb7 Rg4+ 39.Kf1 Kg8 40.h3 Rh4 41.Kg2 g5 42.Rb5 h6
43.b3 Re4 44.Kf3 Rh4 45.Kg3 Re4 46.Rd5 Re7 47.Rd4 Rb7 48.h4 Kg7 49.hxg5 hxg5
50.Kg4 Rb5 51.e4 Rc5 52.Rxb4 Rc2 53.Kxg5 Rxf2 54.Rb7+ Kf8 55.b4 Ke8 56.b5 Rf1
57.b6 Kd8 58.e5 Rb1 59.Kf6 Kc8 60.Rc7+ Kd8 61.Rc6 Kd7 62.Rd6+ Ke8 63.Ke6 Rb2
64.Kd5 Ke7 65.Kc6 Rc2+ 66.Kb7 Rc5 67.Rc6 Rxe5 68.Kc7 Rd5 69.b7 Rd7+ 70.Kb6 Rxb7+
71.Kxb7  1-0

[Event "21st Chicago Open"]
[Site "Wheeling USA"]
[Date "2012.05.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bartholomew,J"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "A41"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Bg4 3.c4 Nd7 4.g3 e5 5.Bg2 c6 6.Nc3 Be7 7.O-O Ngf6 8.h3 Bh5
9.Nh4 Bg6 10.Nxg6 hxg6 11.Rb1 O-O 12.e3 a5 13.Qd3 Qc7 14.Bd2 Rfd8 15.Rfc1 Nb6
16.b3 Nfd7 17.Be1 Nf6 18.Bd2 Nfd7 19.Be1  1/2-1/2

[Event "National Open 2012"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2012.06.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Chakraborty,Di"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2135"]
[ECO "E60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.Bg5 d6 6.e3 c6 7.Be2 Nbd7 8.Qc2 e5
9.O-O Qe7 10.Rfd1 Re8 11.Rac1 h6 12.Bh4 g5 13.dxe5 dxe5 14.Bg3 Nh5 15.Nd2 Nxg3
16.hxg3 Nf6 17.a3 e4 18.b4 Bf5 19.c5 Rad8 20.Nc4 Rxd1+ 21.Rxd1 Bg6 22.Qa4 Nd7
23.Nd6 Bxc3 24.Nxe8 Qxe8 25.Qxa7 Qc8 26.Ba6 bxa6 27.Qxd7 Qxd7 28.Rxd7 Bb2
29.a4 Ba3 30.b5 axb5 31.axb5 cxb5 32.c6 Bf5 33.Rd8+ Kg7 34.c7 Be7 35.c8=Q Bxc8
36.Rxc8 f5 37.Rc6 b4 38.Kf1 Bf6 39.Rb6 Bc3 40.f3 h5 41.fxe4 fxe4 42.Ke2 g4
43.Kd1 Kh7 44.Rc6 Kg7 45.Rxc3 bxc3 46.Kc2 Kf6 47.Kxc3 Kg5 48.Kd4 h4 49.gxh4+ Kxh4
50.Kxe4  1-0

[Event "National Open 2012"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2012.06.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Harmon,L"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2257"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "E38"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 Bxc5 6.Nf3 Qb6 7.e3 Be7 8.Be2 d6
9.O-O Nbd7 10.b3 O-O 11.Bb2 a6 12.Rfd1 Qc7 13.Nd4 b6 14.Bf3 Bb7 15.Bxb7 Qxb7
16.Qe2 Rac8 17.Qf3 Qxf3 18.Nxf3 Nc5 19.Rac1 Rc7 20.Nd4 Rfc8 21.f3 Nfd7 22.Kf1 Ne5
23.Ke2 Kf8 24.f4 Nc6 25.Nxc6 Rxc6 26.Kf3 h5 27.Ne2 R6c7 28.Rd2 f5 29.Ba3 Ne4
30.Rdd1 Kf7 31.Bb2 Bf6 32.Ba3 g5 33.g3 g4+ 34.Kg2 Rc6 35.Bb4 Kg6 36.a4 Rh8
37.Kf1 Rh7 38.Kg2 Kf7 39.Bc3 h4 40.Bxf6 Kxf6 41.Nc3 Nxc3 42.Rxc3 hxg3 43.hxg3 d5
44.Rdc1 Rhc7 45.Kf2 Rc5 46.Ke2 Rh7 47.Kd3 Rh3 48.Rg1 Rh2 49.Rcc1 Rb2 50.Kc3 Ra2
51.Ra1 Rxa1 52.Rxa1 dxc4 53.bxc4 b5 54.axb5 axb5 55.Kb4 Rxc4+ 56.Kxb5 Rc2
57.Rg1 Re2 58.Kc4 Rxe3 59.Kd4 Re4+ 60.Kd3 e5 61.fxe5+ Rxe5 62.Ra1 Kg5 63.Ra8 Re1
64.Kd2 Re7 65.Ra6 Re8 66.Rb6 Re5 67.Rb8 Re6 68.Rf8 Kg6 69.Ra8 Rb6 70.Ke3 Rb2
71.Ra3 Rg2 72.Kd4 Kg5 73.Rd3 f4 74.gxf4+ Kxf4 75.Ra3 Rd2+ 76.Kc3 Rd8 77.Ra7 g3
78.Rf7+ Kg4 79.Rg7+ Kf3 80.Rf7+ Kg2 81.Rg7 Kf2 82.Rf7+ Kg1 83.Rg7 g2 84.Rg5 Rh8
85.Kd2 Kh2 86.Ke2 g1=Q  0-1

[Event "National Open 2012"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2012.06.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Bryant,J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2363"]
[ECO "A61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nf3 g6 7.Bf4 Bg7 8.e3 O-O
9.h3 Na6 10.Be2 Nc7 11.O-O a6 12.a4 Rb8 13.a5 b5 14.axb6 Rxb6 15.Ra2 Ncxd5
16.Nxd5 Nxd5 17.Bg5 Qc7 18.Qd2 Qb8 19.Bc4 Nb4 20.Ra3 Bb7 21.Rd1 d5 22.Be2 Re8
23.Rc1 Rc6 24.Bf4 Qd8 25.Rb3 Qb6 26.Bf1 a5 27.Ra3 Rcc8 28.Rca1 Ra8 29.Rc1 h6
30.Be2 Ba6 31.Bxa6 Rxa6 32.h4 c4 33.Rb1 Nd3 34.Bg3 a4 35.h5 g5 36.Rxd3 cxd3
37.Qxd3 Qb7 38.Nd4 Rb6 39.Qa3 Ra8 40.Nf5 Bf8 41.Qc3 a3 42.Be5 axb2 43.Kh2 Qc8
44.Qxc8 Rxc8 45.Rxb2 Rxb2 46.Bxb2 Rc2 47.Bd4 Rxf2 48.Kg1 Rxf5 49.g4 Bg7 50.gxf5 Bxd4
51.exd4 Kg7  0-1

[Event "National Open 2012"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2012.06.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zierk,S"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "B07"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6 4.f4 Qa5 5.Bd3 e5 6.dxe5 dxe5 7.Nf3 Bg4 8.fxe5 Nfd7
9.h3 Bxf3 10.gxf3 Nxe5 11.f4 Nxd3+ 12.cxd3 Na6 13.Be3 O-O-O 14.Qg4+ f5 15.Qxf5+ Qxf5
16.exf5 Bc5 17.Bxc5 Nxc5 18.O-O-O Nxd3+ 19.Kc2 Nxf4 20.Rdg1 Rd7 21.Rg4 Nh5
22.Rhg1 h6 23.Ne4 Rf8 24.Rg6 Re7 25.Re6 Rd7 26.Reg6 Kb8 27.Rf1 Rdf7 28.f6 Nxf6
29.Nxf6 Rxf6 30.Rfxf6 Rxf6 31.Rxg7 Rf2+ 32.Kc3 Rf3+ 33.Kc4 Rxh3 34.Rh7 a5
35.a3 Ka7 36.b4 a4 37.b5 Rh4+ 38.Kc5 Rh5+ 39.Kb4 Rxb5+ 40.Kxa4 Rh5  0-1

[Event "2nd Metropolitan International"]
[Site "Los Angeles USA"]
[Date "2012.08.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kavutskiy,K"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2281"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[ECO "E16"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 a5 5.g3 b6 6.Bg2 Bb7 7.O-O O-O 8.Bg5 Be7
9.Nc3 h6 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.e4 d6 12.Qc2 g6 13.Rad1 Nd7 14.a3 Qe7 15.Rfe1 Bg7
16.Re2 Rfe8 17.b3 Rac8 18.Kh1 c6 19.Qd2 Ba6 20.Re3 h5 21.Ree1 b5 22.cxb5 cxb5
23.Bf1 Qf6 24.Kg2 b4 25.axb4 axb4 26.Na2 Bb7 27.Qxb4 Ba8 28.Qxd6 Red8 29.Qa3 g5
30.Rd3 h4 31.Nc3 h3+ 32.Kg1 g4 33.Nd2 Nc5 34.Nd5 Rxd5 35.exd5 Nxd3 36.Bxd3 Bxd5
37.Qb2 Bh6 38.Be4 Bxe4 39.Rxe4 Qf5 40.Re5 Qd3  0-1

[Event "2nd Metropolitan International"]
[Site "Los Angeles USA"]
[Date "2012.08.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Pruess,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[ECO "D80"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Ne4 5.Bh4 c5 6.cxd5 Nxc3 7.bxc3 Qxd5 8.e3 Bg7
9.Nf3 Nc6 10.Be2 O-O 11.O-O cxd4 12.cxd4 Bf5 13.Qa4 Rfc8 14.Rac1 Qd6 15.Qb5 b6
16.Bg3 Qd7 17.d5 Na5 18.Qxd7 Bxd7 19.Ba6 Rxc1 20.Rxc1 Kf8 21.e4 Ke8 22.Rc7 h6
23.e5 Kd8 24.d6 Bf8 25.Nd4 Bc8 26.Bb5 a6 27.Nc6+ Nxc6 28.Bxc6 Rb8 29.d7 Kxc7
30.e6+ Kd8 31.Bxb8 fxe6 32.dxc8=Q+ Kxc8 33.Be5  1-0

[Event "2nd Metropolitan International"]
[Site "Los Angeles USA"]
[Date "2012.08.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Molner,M"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[ECO "A13"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 Bb4 3.Qc2 c5 4.a3 Ba5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.e3 d5 7.Na4 Bb6 8.cxd5 Qxd5
9.Bc4 Qf5 10.Bd3 Qh5 11.Be2 Nf6 12.b4 e5 13.d3 O-O 14.Nxc5 Bg4  1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Metropolitan International"]
[Site "Los Angeles USA"]
[Date "2012.08.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Sevian,Samuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2316"]
[ECO "A62"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.d5 e6 4.c4 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.g3 Bg7 8.Bg2 O-O
9.O-O a6 10.a4 Re8 11.Bf4 Nh5 12.Bg5 Qc7 13.Qd2 Nd7 14.Bh6 Bh8 15.e4 Nhf6
16.Qf4 Ne5 17.Nxe5 Rxe5 18.h3 Re8 19.Qd2 Bd7 20.f4 Nh5 21.Kh2 Bg7 22.Bxg7 Nxg7
23.Rae1 h5 24.e5 Bf5 25.g4 hxg4 26.hxg4 Bxg4 27.Ne4 Nh5 28.Nxd6 Red8 29.Ne4 Kg7
30.d6 Qb6 31.a5 Qb5 32.Qc3 Be6 33.Nxc5 Rac8 34.b4 Rh8 35.Kg1 b6 36.axb6 Qxb6
37.Qd4 Qb5 38.Re3 a5 39.Nxe6+ fxe6 40.Qa7+ Kh6 41.bxa5 Rc2 42.Be4 Rc4 43.Bd3 Rg8
44.Rh3 Qc5+ 45.Qxc5 Rxc5 46.Ra1 Kg7 47.Ra4 Rf8 48.Rxh5 gxh5 49.a6 Rc3 50.Bf1 Kg6
51.a7 Rcc8 52.Bg2  1-0

[Event "2nd Metropolitan International"]
[Site "Los Angeles USA"]
[Date "2012.08.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Moradiabadi,E"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[ECO "D58"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 O-O 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 b6 8.Rc1  1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Metropolitan International"]
[Site "Los Angeles USA"]
[Date "2012.08.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Bojkov,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[ECO "E60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Ne2 O-O 6.Be3 e5 7.d5 Nh5 8.Qd2 f5 9.Nbc3 a6
10.O-O-O Nd7 11.exf5 gxf5 12.Ng3 Ndf6 13.Bg5 Qe8 14.Bd3 Qg6 15.Nge2 e4 16.Bc2 b5
17.Nd4 Bd7 18.Rhe1 b4 19.Nce2 Rfe8 20.h3 Re5 21.f4 Ree8 22.Qe3 a5 23.Rf1 a4
24.g4 fxg4 25.f5 Qf7 26.hxg4 Nxg4 27.Qh3 Nhf6 28.Ne6 b3 29.axb3 axb3 30.Bxb3 h5
31.N2d4 Ba4 32.Kb1 Bxb3 33.Qxb3 Reb8 34.Nb5 Bh8 35.Bd2 Ne5 36.Bc3 Nfg4 37.Bd4 Ra5
38.f6 e3 39.Rf5 Bxf6 40.Bxe5 Qg6 41.Qc2 Nxe5 42.Nf4 Rba8 43.Na3 Qg4 44.Rxf6  1-0

[Event "2nd Metropolitan International"]
[Site "Los Angeles USA"]
[Date "2012.08.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Gareev,T"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[ECO "D58"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3 b6 8.Rc1 Bb7
9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Bxe7 Qxe7 11.Be2 Rc8 12.O-O c5 13.Nxd5 Bxd5 14.dxc5 Rxc5 15.Rxc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "40th Olympiad Open"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.08.28"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Samhouri,B"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2244"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[ECO "E65"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.c4 d6 7.Nc3 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Qb6
9.Nb3 Nc6 10.Be3 Qb4 11.c5 Be6 12.cxd6 exd6 13.Nd4 Ng4 14.Nxc6 bxc6 15.a3 Qxb2
16.Bd4 Bxd4 17.Qxd4 c5 18.Qd3 Ne5 19.Qxd6 Qxc3 20.Bxa8 Rxa8 21.Rfc1 Qb2 22.f4 Ng4
23.h3 Nf6 24.Qxc5 Rc8 25.Qe3 Rxc1+ 26.Rxc1 Nd5 27.Qc5 Qxe2 28.Qxa7 Ne3 29.Qa8+ Kg7
30.Qe4 h5 31.Rb1 Bd5 32.Qd4+ Kh7  0-1

[Event "40th Olympiad Open"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.08.29"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Pileckis,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2443"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qa4 c5 6.Bg2 Bb7 7.dxc5 bxc5 8.O-O Be7
9.Nc3 O-O 10.Rd1 Qb6 11.Bf4 Ne4 12.Rab1 d6 13.Qc2 f5 14.Ne1 Nc6 15.Nxe4 Nb4
16.Qb3 Bxe4 17.Bxe4 fxe4 18.a3 g5 19.Bc1 Nc6 20.Qe3 Ne5 21.Qxe4 Qb3 22.Bxg5 Bxg5
23.Rxd6 Bf6 24.Rxe6 Rae8 25.Rxe8 Rxe8 26.f4 Qxc4 27.Qe3 Nf3+ 28.Qxf3 Rxe2
29.Qg4+ Kf8 30.Nf3 Qd5 31.Rf1 Bxb2 32.Rf2 Bd4 33.Nxd4 Re1+ 34.Rf1 Qxd4+ 35.Kg2 Rxf1
36.Kxf1 Qa1+ 37.Kg2 Qxa3 38.Qf5+ Kg8 39.Qd5+ Kf8 40.Qd6+ Kf7 41.Qd7+ Kg8
42.Qe8+ Kg7 43.Qe5+ Kf7 44.f5 Qb4 45.Qe6+ Kf8 46.Qf6+ Kg8 47.Qd8+ Kf7 48.Qd7+ Kf6
49.Qe6+ Kg7 50.Qe7+ Kg8 51.Qe8+ Kg7 52.Qe7+ Kg8 53.h4 Qc4 54.Qe8+ Kg7 55.Qe7+ Kg8
56.Qe8+ Kg7 57.Qe5+ Kf7 58.h5 h6 59.Kh2 a5 60.f6 Qa2+ 61.Kg1 Qb1+ 62.Kh2 Qa2+
63.Kg1 Qe6 64.Qxc5 Qe1+ 65.Kh2 Qe2+ 66.Kh3 Qf1+ 67.Kh2 Qe2+ 68.Kh3 Qf1+ 69.Kh2 Qe2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "40th Olympiad Open"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.08.31"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Gupta,Ab"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 c5 7.Qc1 O-O 8.O-O b5
9.a4 Bb7 10.axb5 a6 11.dxc5 Bxd2 12.Qxd2 axb5 13.Na3 Na6 14.Nxb5 Nxc5 15.Rxa8 Bxa8
16.Qxd8 Rxd8 17.Na3 c3 18.bxc3 Nfe4 19.Nb5 Bd5 20.Ra1 g6 21.Ne5 Rb8 22.Bxe4 Nxe4
23.Ra5 Nd6 24.Na3 Rc8 25.Nb1 Rb8 26.Na3 Rc8 27.Nb1 Rb8 28.Na3  1/2-1/2

[Event "40th Olympiad Open"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.09.03"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Fridman,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[ECO "D40"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c5 5.e3 Nc6 6.a3 cxd4 7.exd4 Be7 8.c5 Ne4
9.Qc2 f5 10.Bb5 O-O 11.O-O Bf6 12.Ne2 g5 13.Bxc6 bxc6 14.Ne5 Ba6 15.Nd3 e5
16.dxe5 Bxd3 17.Qxd3 Bxe5 18.Be3 Bxb2 19.Rab1 Rb8 20.f3 f4 21.Bd4 Bxd4+ 22.Qxd4 Nf6
23.Qe5 Nd7 24.Qe6+ Kh8 25.Qxc6 Qe7 26.Qxd5 Qxc5+ 27.Qxc5 Nxc5 28.Nd4 Rb6
29.Rbc1 Nb3 30.Nxb3 Rxb3 31.Rc7 Rxa3 32.Rd1 Kg8 33.Rdd7 Ra1+ 34.Kf2 Ra2+
35.Kg1 Ra1+ 36.Kf2 Ra2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "40th Olympiad Open"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.09.05"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Bogdanovski,V"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[ECO "E04"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 d5 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 a6 6.O-O Nc6 7.e3 Rb8 8.Nfd2 e5
9.Nxc4 exd4 10.Bxc6+ bxc6 11.exd4 Be7 12.Nc3 O-O 13.Re1 Nd5 14.Ne5 Nxc3 15.bxc3 Rb6
16.Qa4 Bb7 17.Ba3 c5 18.dxc5 Bxc5 19.Rad1 Bd6 20.Nc4 Qf6 21.Nxb6 Qf3 22.Nd5 Bxd5
23.Rxd5 Qxd5 24.Bxd6 Qxd6 25.Rd1 Qe6 26.Rd3 g6 27.Re3 Qd6 28.h4 h5 29.Qc4 Rd8
30.Re4 Qd1+ 31.Kg2 Qd5 32.Qxd5 Rxd5 33.Ra4 Rc5 34.c4  1/2-1/2

[Event "40th Olympiad Open"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.09.07"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Bu Xiangzhi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "D14"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bf4 Bf5 7.e3 e6 8.Qb3 Bb4
9.Ne5 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 Nxe5 11.Bxe5 O-O 12.Be2 Rc8 13.O-O Ne4 14.Qxb7 f6 15.Bg3 Rf7
16.Qa6 Nxc3 17.Rfc1 Nxe2+ 18.Qxe2 Rb7 19.Qa6 Rxc1+ 20.Rxc1 Qb6 21.Rc8+ Kf7
22.Qxb7+ Qxb7 23.Rc7+ Qxc7 24.Bxc7 Bd3 25.Bd6 h5 26.h4 g5 27.hxg5 fxg5 28.f3 Kg6
29.Kf2 g4 30.fxg4 hxg4 31.a3 a6  1/2-1/2

[Event "US Chess League 2012"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2012.09.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Molner,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[ECO "E10"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 b5 5.Bg5 exd5 6.cxd5 h6 7.Bxf6 Qxf6 8.Qc2 Be7
9.e4 Qg6 10.Nbd2 Na6 11.Bxb5 Rb8 12.Qa4 Qb6 13.Be2 Qxb2 14.O-O Qb4 15.Qc2 Qb2
16.Qd1 O-O 17.Nc4 Qb7 18.d6 Bd8 19.e5 Nb4 20.Rb1 Qa8 21.a3 Nc6 22.Qd3 Ba6
23.Qf5 Rxb1 24.Rxb1 Na5 25.Nfd2 Qd5 26.Ne3 Qxd2 27.Bxa6 c4 28.Nxc4 Nxc4 29.Bxc4 Bb6
30.g3 Qd4 31.Bb3 Qc3 32.Kg2 Qc6+ 33.Kh3 Qc3 34.a4 Qd2 35.Kg2 Qe2 36.Bd5 Qd2
37.Bc4 Qc3 38.Qf4 Qc2 39.Rc1 Qg6 40.Rc3 Kh8 41.Rf3 f6 42.Bd3 Qf7 43.Qf5 g6
44.Qe4 f5 45.Qh4 Kg7 46.Bc4 Qe8 47.Qe7+ Qxe7 48.dxe7 Re8 49.Rd3 Rxe7 50.f4 Bc7
51.Bb5 Bb6 52.Bxd7 h5 53.Kf3 Kf8 54.Rd5 Kg7 55.h3 Rf7 56.a5 Bc7 57.e6 Re7
58.Ke3 Kf6 59.h4 Rh7 60.Rc5 Bd8 61.Kd3 Rh8 62.Rc8 Kg7 63.Ra8 Be7 64.Rxa7 Rb8
65.Rc7 Rb3+ 66.Rc3 Rb1 67.Rc4 Rd1+ 68.Kc2 Rd6 69.Ra4 Ra6 70.Kb3 Kf6 71.Kc4 Bd8
72.Kb5 Ra7 73.a6 Ke7 74.Rc4 Kd6 75.Rc6+ Ke7 76.Rc8 Bc7 77.Re8+ Kf6 78.Bc6  1-0

[Event "US Chess League 2012"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2012.10.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Schroer,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2353"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.c5 c6 8.h3 b6 9.b4 a5
10.a3 Ba6 11.Bxa6 Rxa6 12.O-O Qc8 13.Rb1 axb4 14.axb4 Qb7 15.Qc2 Rc8 16.Rfc1 b5
17.Ra1 Rca8 18.Qb2 Bd8 19.Nd2 Bc7 20.Rxa6 Rxa6 21.Bxc7 Qxc7 22.Ra1 Rxa1+
23.Qxa1 e5 24.Qa8+ Nb8 25.Nf3 exd4 26.Nxd4 Nd7 27.f4 g6 28.g4 Nf8 29.Nce2 Kg7
30.Kf2 h6 31.h4 g5 32.Nf5+ Kh7 33.Qa1 Ne6 34.Qf6 gxf4 35.Nxf4 d4 36.Qxh6+ Kg8
37.Nxd4  1-0

[Event "US Chess League 2012"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2012.10.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Bhat,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[ECO "D10"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Bf4 Nh5 7.Bd2 Nf6 8.e3 e6
9.Ne5 Nxe5 10.dxe5 Nd7 11.f4 Nc5 12.b4 Ne4 13.Nxe4 dxe4 14.Qc2 Bd7 15.b5 f5
16.exf6 Qxf6 17.Rd1 Qf5 18.Qc7 b6 19.Be2 Qc5 20.Qb7 Qd5 21.Qa6 Rc8 22.Bc3 Qc5
23.Bd4 Qb4+ 24.Kf2 Rc7 25.Rc1 Bc8 26.Rxc7 Bxa6 27.bxa6 Bd6 28.Rc8+ Kf7 29.Rxh8 Bxf4
30.Rc1 e5 31.Rc7+ Kg6 32.Bc3 Qb1 33.Rg8 Bxe3+ 34.Kxe3 Qc1+ 35.Kxe4 Qc2+ 36.Bd3 Qxg2+
37.Kxe5+ Kh6 38.Rgxg7 Qxh2+ 39.Kd5 Qh5+ 40.Be5 Qh1+ 41.Kd6  1-0

[Event "US Chess League KO Final 2012"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2012.11.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sadorra,J"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[ECO "A17"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.g3 b6 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.O-O O-O 7.d3 d5 8.cxd5 exd5
9.Bf4 Re8 10.Nb5 Na6 11.Rc1 c6 12.Nbd4 Nh5 13.Nxc6 Bxc6 14.Rxc6 Nxf4 15.gxf4 Bc5
16.Qa4 Qd7 17.Ne5 Rxe5 18.fxe5 Nb4 19.d4 Bf8 20.Rfc1 Rc8 21.Bh3 Rxc6 22.Bxd7 Rxc1+
23.Kg2 Rc7 24.e6 g6 25.Qb3 fxe6 26.Bxe6+ Kg7 27.Qg3 Re7 28.Qe5+ Kh6 29.Qf6 Re8
30.Qf4+ g5 31.Qf6+  1-0

[Event "US Chess League KO Final 2012"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2012.11.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Molner,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[ECO "D91"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Bg7 5.Nf3 dxc4 6.e4 c5 7.d5 b5 8.e5 b4 9.exf6 exf6
10.Qe2+ Kf8 11.Be3 bxc3 12.bxc3 Nd7 13.Qxc4 f5 14.Rd1 Qa5 15.Rc1 Bf6 16.Bd3 Kg7
17.O-O Nb6 18.Qb3 c4 19.Bxb6 axb6 20.Bxc4 Bd7 21.Nd4 Bxd4 22.cxd4 b5 23.Bd3 Qxa2
24.Qb4 Qa3 25.Qd2 Qd6 26.Rc5 Rhb8 27.Rb1 b4 28.Bc4 b3 29.g3 Ra2 30.Qd3 f4
31.Qf3 Bf5 32.Rf1 Rd2 33.Rc6 Qe7 34.Qxf4 b2 35.Qxb8 Qe4 36.Qe5+ Qxe5 37.dxe5 b1=Q
38.Rxb1 Bxb1 39.f4 Be4 40.e6 fxe6 41.Rc7+ Kf6 42.dxe6 Bd5 43.e7 Rd1+ 44.Kf2 Bf7
45.Rc6+ Kg7 46.Rc8 Rc1 47.Bxf7  1-0

[Event "US Chess League KO Final 2012"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2012.12.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Erenburg,S"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Nd7 6.O-O a6 7.Nbd2 c5 8.c3 h6 9.Ne1 Ne7
10.Ndf3 Rc8 11.Bd3 Qb6 12.h3 cxd4 13.cxd4 Bxd3 14.Nxd3 Nc6 15.Nf4 Be7 16.Rb1 O-O
17.Be3 Rc7 18.Nh2 Rfc8 19.Nh5 Bf8 20.Qg4 Kh8 21.Qf4 Kg8 22.Qg4 Kh8 23.Qf4 Kg8
24.Qg4  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cities Team GpE"]
[Site "Al-Ain UAE"]
[Date "2012.12.22"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Kawuma,Patrick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2245"]
[ECO "D80"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Ne4 5.Bh4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.e3 c5 8.Nf3 Nc6
9.cxd5 Qxd5 10.Be2 O-O 11.O-O cxd4 12.cxd4 e5 13.dxe5 Qe6 14.Qc2 Nxe5 15.Rab1 Bd7
16.Rxb7 Rfc8 17.Qb1 Ng4 18.Ng5 Qe5 19.Bxg4 Bxg4 20.Nxf7 Qd5 21.e4 Qc6 22.Ng5 h6
23.Nf3 Rf8 24.Rc1 Qe6 25.Rcc7 Bh8  1-0

[Event "World Cities Team GpE"]
[Site "Al-Ain UAE"]
[Date "2012.12.23"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Ghaem Maghami,E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Bxd2+ 5.Qxd2 d5 6.e3 O-O 7.Nc3 Qe7 8.Rc1 Rd8
9.Qc2 dxc4 10.Bxc4 c5 11.O-O Nbd7 12.Rfd1 cxd4 13.Rxd4 Nb6 14.Rxd8+ Qxd8
15.Bb5 Bd7 16.Qb3 Rc8 17.Rd1 Qc7 18.h3 a6 19.Bxd7 Nbxd7 20.Qb4 h6 21.Qe7 Nb6
22.Qxc7 Rxc7 23.Rd8+ Kh7 24.Ne5 Nc4 25.Nxc4 Rxc4 26.Rd6 Kg8 27.Rd8+ Kh7 28.Rd6 Kg8
29.Rd8+ Kh7 30.Rd6  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cities Team GpE"]
[Site "Al-Ain UAE"]
[Date "2012.12.24"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave,M"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.h4 h6 5.g4 Bd7 6.h5 e6 7.Nf3 c5 8.c3 Qb6 9.Be2 Nc6
10.O-O f6 11.Nh4 Nge7 12.Na3 cxd4 13.exf6 gxf6 14.Nb5 Rg8 15.cxd4 O-O-O 16.Be3 a6
17.a4 Kb8 18.a5 Rxg4+ 19.Bxg4 Qxb5 20.Qd2 e5 21.Bxd7 Rxd7 22.Rfc1 Nc8 23.Ng6 Bb4
24.Qd1 Nd6 25.dxe5 fxe5 26.Qg4 Rd8 27.Bxh6 Ne4 28.Be3 Nd4 29.Nxe5 Ne2+ 30.Kg2 Nxc1
31.Rxc1 Bxa5 32.h6 Qe8 33.h7 Ka8 34.Nf7  1-0

[Event "World Cities Team KO"]
[Site "Al-Ain UAE"]
[Date "2012.12.25"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Giri,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "D80"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Bg7 5.Bxf6 Bxf6 6.cxd5 c5 7.dxc5 Nd7 8.e3 O-O
9.Nf3 Nxc5 10.Nd4 Qa5 11.Rc1 Bd7 12.Be2 Ne4 13.Qb3 Rac8 14.O-O Nd2 15.Qxb7 Bxd4
16.exd4 Rc7 17.Qa6 Qxa6 18.Bxa6 Nxf1 19.Kxf1 Rb8 20.Rc2 Rb6 21.Be2 Ba4 22.Rc1 Rxb2
23.Ke1 Kf8 24.h4 Rb4 25.h5 gxh5 26.Bd3 Rxd4 27.Kd2 Bd7 28.Ke3 Rxd5 29.Bxh7 Rdc5
30.Kd2 f5 31.Bg6 Be8 32.Bxe8 Kxe8 33.f4 Kf7 34.g3 Kf6 35.Kd3 Kg6 36.Rc2 e6
37.Kd4 a5 38.a4 R5c6 39.Kd3 Rd7+ 40.Ke3 Rdc7 41.Kd3 Rd6+  0-1

[Event "9th Panamerican Team"]
[Site "Campinas BRA"]
[Date "2013.01.24"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Bruzon Batista,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.Nf3 c5 6.dxc5 Na6 7.g3 Nxc5 8.Bg2 Nce4
9.O-O Nxc3 10.bxc3 Be7 11.e4 d6 12.e5 dxe5 13.Nxe5 Qc7 14.Qe2 Nd7 15.Bf4 Nxe5
16.Bxe5 Bd6 17.Bxd6 Qxd6 18.Rab1 Rb8 19.Rfd1 Qc7 20.Qd3 b6 21.Qd6 Qxd6 22.Rxd6 Bb7
23.Rd7 Bxg2 24.Kxg2 a5 25.c5 bxc5 26.Rxb8 Rxb8 27.Rc7 h6 28.Rxc5 Rb2 29.Rxa5 Rc2
30.Ra3 g5 31.h3 Kg7 32.g4 Kg6 33.Kg3 h5 34.Kg2 h4 35.Ra6 Rxc3 36.a4 Ra3 37.a5 Kf6
38.Ra7 Kg6 39.Ra6 Kf6 40.Ra7 Kg6  1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Panamerican Team"]
[Site "Campinas BRA"]
[Date "2013.01.25"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Milos,G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[ECO "E81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 Nbd7 7.Nh3 a6 8.Be2 c5
9.O-O cxd4 10.Bxd4 Ne5 11.Nf4 e6 12.Qd2 Qc7 13.Rac1 b6 14.Rfd1 Rb8 15.b3 Bb7
16.Be3  1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Panamerican Team"]
[Site "Campinas BRA"]
[Date "2013.01.26"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Roselli Mailhe,B"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2449"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 d5 7.Bg5 c5 8.cxd5 cxd4
9.Qxd4 Nc6 10.Qh4 Qa5+ 11.b4 Qxd5 12.Bxf6 gxf6 13.Rd1 Qe5 14.Qg3+ Qxg3 15.hxg3 e5
16.e3 Bf5 17.Rh4 a5 18.b5 Na7 19.a4 Rfd8 20.Rc4 Rxd1+ 21.Kxd1 Nc8 22.Rc7 Nb6
23.Bc4 Nxa4 24.Bxf7+ Kf8 25.Bb3 Nb2+ 26.Kc1 Nd3+ 27.Kb1 Nxf2+ 28.Bc2 Rc8
29.b6 Rxc7 30.bxc7 Bc8 31.Bxh7 Ke7 32.Ne2 Kd6 33.Nc3 Kxc7 34.Nd5+ Kd6 35.Nxf6 b5
36.Kc2 a4 37.g4 Bxg4 38.Bg8 Bf5+ 39.Kc3 Kc5 40.Kd2 b4  0-1

[Event "9th Panamerican Team"]
[Site "Campinas BRA"]
[Date "2013.01.28"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "El Debs,F"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "A15"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.g3 Bb7 4.Bg2 g6 5.O-O Bg7 6.d4 O-O 7.b3 c5 8.Bb2 cxd4
9.Nbd2 d6 10.Nxd4 Bxg2 11.Kxg2 Qc8 12.e3 Nbd7 13.Rc1 Ne5 14.N2f3 Qb7 15.Kg1 Rfd8
16.Rc2 Rd7 17.Qe2 Ne4 18.Nd2 Rc8 19.Nxe4 Qxe4 20.f3 Qb7 21.e4 a6 22.Rd1 Rdc7
23.a4 Nd7 24.Qe3 Nc5 25.Kg2 Nd7 26.Rcd2 Nc5 27.Ba1  1/2-1/2

[Event "9th Panamerican Team"]
[Site "Campinas BRA"]
[Date "2013.01.28"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Rodriguez Vila,A"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nd2 e6 5.Nb3 c5 6.dxc5 Bxc5 7.Nxc5 Qa5+ 8.c3 Qxc5
9.Qa4+ Nc6 10.Be3 Qa5 11.Qxa5 Nxa5 12.Bb5+ Nc6 13.Nf3 Ne7 14.Nd4 Bg6 15.Nxc6 Nxc6
16.Bc5 Kd7  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA 2013"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2013.05.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Khachiyan,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[ECO "D14"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Bf4 Bf5 7.Qb3 Na5 8.Qa4+ Bd7
9.Qc2 e6 10.e3 Rc8 11.Bd3 Bb4 12.O-O O-O 13.Rac1 h6 14.Qe2 a6 15.Ne5 Qe7
16.h3 Bxc3 17.bxc3 b5 18.f3 Nc4 19.e4 Nxe5 20.dxe5 dxe4 21.Bb1 Nd5 22.Qxe4 f5
23.exf6 Nxf6 24.Qe2 Bc6 25.Rfe1 Bd5 26.Be5 Nd7 27.Bd4 Qg5 28.Be4 Bxe4 29.Qxe4 e5
30.Bf2 Qf5 31.Qb7 Qe6 32.Rcd1 Nf6 33.Bd4 Nd7 34.Bf2 Nf6 35.Bd4 Nd7 36.Bf2 Nf6  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA 2013"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2013.05.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Finegold,B"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.Nf3 c5 6.dxc5 Na6 7.Bd2 Nxc5 8.a3 Bxc3
9.Bxc3 Nce4 10.Bxf6 Nxf6 11.e3 b6 12.Be2 Bb7 13.O-O Rc8 14.Qa4 Qc7 15.Rfd1 Rfd8
16.Rd4 h6 17.Qb4 d6 18.b3 Ne4 19.Rdd1 d5 20.Qe1 dxc4 21.Bxc4 Rxd1 22.Rxd1 Rd8
23.h3 Rxd1 24.Qxd1 Nd6 25.Be2 Bd5 26.Nd4 Qc3 27.Bf3 Bxf3 28.Nxf3 Ne4 29.Nd4 Qb2
30.Qc2 Qxc2 31.Nxc2 Kf8 32.f3 Nd2 33.b4 Nc4 34.Kf2 Ke7 35.Ke2 Kd6 36.Kd3 b5
37.Kc3 e5 38.a4 Kc6 39.f4 f6 40.fxe5 fxe5 41.axb5+ Kxb5 42.Kb3 g5 43.Kc3 h5
44.Kb3 g4 45.hxg4 hxg4 46.Kc3 g3 47.Kb3 Nd2+ 48.Kc3 Nc4 49.Kb3 Nd2+ 50.Kc3 Nf3
51.Kb3 Nh4 52.Ne1 Nf5 53.Nc2 Nh4 54.Ne1 Nf5 55.Nc2 Kc6 56.Kc4 Nd6+ 57.Kc3 Kd5
58.Kd3 Kc6 59.Na3 Kd5 60.e4+ Nxe4 61.Nb5 Nf2+ 62.Ke3 Kc4 63.Nxa7 Kxb4 64.Nc6+ Kc5
65.Nxe5 Kd5 66.Nf3 Ke6 67.Kf4 Kf6 68.Kxg3 Ne4+ 69.Kf4 Nc5 70.Nd2 Ne6+ 71.Kg4 Kg6
72.Nf3 Kf6 73.Nh4 Nd4 74.Kh5 Ne6 75.g3 Ng5 76.Ng6 Ne4 77.g4 Kg7 78.Ne7 Nf6+
79.Kh4 Nxg4  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA 2013"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2013.05.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Troff,Kayden W"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2421"]
[ECO "D90"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.h4 c6 6.Bg5 Qb6 7.Bxf6 Bxf6 8.Qd2 dxc4
9.e4 Be6 10.h5 gxh5 11.O-O-O h6 12.Rxh5 Na6 13.Rxh6 Rxh6 14.Qxh6 O-O-O 15.Qe3 Qa5
16.a3 Qb6 17.Be2 Bg7 18.Kb1 Qb3 19.Ng5 Nc7 20.Nxe6 Nxe6 21.Bg4 Rd6 22.e5 Rd8
23.Qf3 Kb8 24.Bxe6 fxe6 25.Qg4 Bf8 26.Qxe6 Qb6 27.Qxc4 Bh6 28.g3 a6 29.f4 c5
30.d5 Qg6+ 31.Qd3 Qg4 32.Rh1 Bf8 33.Rh4 Qg8 34.g4 e6 35.d6 Be7 36.Rh7 Qxg4
37.Rxe7 Qxf4 38.Qe4  1-0

[Event "ch-USA 2013"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2013.05.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Benjamin,Joe"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[ECO "D56"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg5 O-O 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 Ne4 8.Bxe7 Qxe7
9.Rc1 c6 10.h4 Nxc3 11.Rxc3 Nd7 12.g4 e5 13.cxd5 cxd5 14.g5 e4 15.Nd2 g6
16.Rg1 h5 17.Be2 Nb6 18.Nf1 Be6 19.Bxh5 Qb4 20.Bg4 Qxb2 21.Rc2 Qb4+ 22.Qd2 Qxd2+
23.Nxd2 Rac8 24.Bd1 Rxc2 25.Bxc2 Kg7 26.Nb3 Nd7 27.Bd1 Rh8 28.Rh1 f6 29.f4 b6
30.Be2 fxg5 31.fxg5 Nb8 32.Kd2 Rc8 33.Rf1 Rf8 34.Rc1 Rc8 35.Bb5 a6 36.Bf1 Kf7
37.a3 Ke7 38.Rxc8 Bxc8 39.Nc1 Nc6 40.Ne2 Kd6 41.Nf4 Ne7 42.Be2 a5 43.h5 gxh5
44.Bxh5 Be6 45.Be8 Bg8 46.g6 Nc8 47.Kc3 Ke7 48.Bc6 Kd6 49.Bb5 Ke7 50.Bc6 Kd6
51.Bb5 Ke7 52.Kb3 Kf6 53.Bd7 Na7 54.Ka4 Ke7 55.Bb5 Kf6 56.Be8 Nc8 57.Bc6 Nd6
58.Bxd5 Bxd5 59.Nxd5+ Kxg6 60.Nxb6 Kf5 61.Kxa5 Kg4 62.Kb4 Kf3 63.Nd5 Nf5
64.Kc5 Nxe3 65.Nc3 Ng4 66.d5 e3 67.d6 Nf6 68.Kc6 Ne4 69.d7 Nxc3 70.d8=Q Ne2
71.Qd5+ Kf2 72.Qf5+ Ke1 73.Kc5 Kd2 74.Kc4 Nc1 75.Qg5  1-0

[Event "ch-USA 2013"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2013.05.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Shulman,Y"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 d5 5.Qa4+ Nc6 6.a3 Bxd2+ 7.Bxd2 Ne4 8.e3 O-O
9.Qc2 Qe7 10.Bd3 Nxd2 11.Nxd2 h6 12.f4 Nb8 13.c5 Bd7 14.Nf3 Qe8 15.g4 Bb5
16.Bxb5 Qxb5 17.g5 Nd7 18.gxh6 gxh6 19.O-O-O Qc4 20.Rhg1+ Kh8 21.Qxc4 dxc4
22.Ne5 Nxe5 23.dxe5 Rad8 24.Kc2 Kh7 25.Kc3 Rd3+ 26.Rxd3 cxd3 27.Kxd3 Rg8
28.Rxg8 Kxg8 29.Kc4 c6 30.b4 Kf8 31.b5 Ke7 32.bxc6 bxc6 33.Kd3 Kf8 34.Ke4 Kg7
35.f5 Kf8 36.Kf4 Kg7 37.Kg4 Kh7 38.e4 Kg8 39.Kh4 Kg7 40.Kh5 Kh7 41.f6 a6
42.h3 Kg8 43.Kg4 Kh8 44.Kf3 Kg8 45.Ke3 Kf8 46.Kd2 Ke8 47.Kc3 Kd7 48.Kc4 Kd8
49.Kd4 Kd7 50.Ke3 Ke8 51.Kf3 Kf8 52.Kg4 Kg8 53.Kh5 Kh7 54.h4 a5 55.Kg4 Kg8
56.Kf3 Kh8 57.Ke3 Kh7 58.Ke2 Kg6 59.Kf3 Kh7 60.Kf4 Kh8 61.Kg3 Kh7 62.Kh3 Kh8
63.Kg2 Kh7 64.Kf3 Kh8 65.Ke2 Kh7 66.h5 Kg8 67.Kd3 Kf8 68.Kc4 Ke8 69.Kb3 Kd7
70.Ka4 Kc7 71.Kxa5 Kb7 72.a4 Ka7  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA 2013"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2013.05.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Norowitz,Yaacov"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2451"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.a3 Ba6 5.Qc2 c5 6.d5 exd5 7.cxd5 g6 8.Bf4 d6
9.e4 Bxf1 10.Kxf1 Bg7 11.Nc3 O-O 12.Re1 a6 13.a4 Ra7 14.h4 Re8 15.Nd2 Rb7
16.Qd3 Nh5 17.Bg5 f6 18.Be3 Qd7 19.Nc4 b5 20.Na5 c4 21.Qd1 b4 22.Nxb7 bxc3
23.bxc3 Rxe4 24.Ba7 f5 25.Rxe4 fxe4 26.Bxb8 Qxb7 27.Bxd6 Bxc3 28.Qc2 Qxd5
29.Qxc3 Qd1+ 30.Qe1 Qxd6 31.Qxe4 Qd1+ 32.Qe1 Qxa4 33.Rh3 Qc6 34.Rf3 Ng7 35.Qe5 Nf5
36.h5 Qb5 37.Qe6+ Kg7 38.g4 c3+ 39.Kg1 c2 40.Rc3 Qb1+ 41.Kh2 c1=Q 42.Qe5+ Kh6
43.Rxc1 Qxc1 44.gxf5 Qd2 45.hxg6 hxg6 46.fxg6 Qxf2+ 47.Kh1 Qf1+ 48.Kh2 Qf2+
49.Kh1 Qf1+ 50.Kh2 Kxg6 51.Kg3 Qd3+ 52.Kf2 Qd2+ 53.Kf3 Qd3+ 54.Kf2 Kf7 55.Qf4+ Ke6
56.Qe3+ Qxe3+ 57.Kxe3 Kd5 58.Kd3 a5  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA 2013"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2013.05.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Shabalov,A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d6 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 Nbd7 7.g3 O-O 8.Bg2 e5
9.Nf3 Re8 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.O-O Qe7 12.b4 Nb6 13.Be3 Ng4 14.Nd2 Qe6 15.Rac1 Rb8
16.Rfd1 Bd7 17.Nb3 Na4 18.Qd2 Nxe3 19.Qxe3 b6 20.Nd2 Qe7 21.Bd5 a5 22.Qb3 Kh8
23.Nf3 f5 24.Nh4 Rf8 25.Rd2 e4 26.Rcd1 axb4 27.axb4 Be8 28.Ng2 Qe5 29.Nf4 Nc3
30.Qb2 Qf6 31.Rc1 Na4 32.Qa3 Qe7 33.h4 Rf6 34.c5 bxc5 35.bxc5 Rd8 36.Ra2 Qe5
37.Bb3 e3 38.Bxa4 exf2+ 39.Kxf2 Rd4 40.Qe3 Re4 41.Qd2 Rxa4 42.Rxa4 Bxa4 43.Qd8+ Qe8
44.Qxc7 Rc6 45.Qb7 h6 46.Rc4 Rf6 47.Rd4 Kh7 48.Rd6 Bc6 49.Qc7 Qe4 50.Rd8 Rf8
51.Rd6 Rf6 52.Rd8 Rf8 53.Rd1 Re8 54.Rd3 Bb5 55.Qd6 Bxd3 56.exd3 Qe1+ 57.Kg2 Re3
58.Qg6+ Kh8 59.h5 Qd1 60.Qc6 Qg4 61.Ng6+ Kh7 62.Nf8+ Kg8 63.Qd5+ Kxf8  0-1

[Event "ch-USA 2013"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2013.05.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sammour Hasbun,J"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2463"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[ECO "A46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bf4 c5 4.e3 b6 5.Nc3 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Bb4 7.Qf3 d5 8.Nb5 Na6
9.a3 Bxc3+ 10.Nxc3 O-O 11.Bg5 Nc5 12.O-O-O Bb7 13.Bxf6 Qxf6 14.Qxf6 gxf6
15.b4 Na6 16.Bxa6 Bxa6 17.e4 Rac8 18.Kb2 dxe4 19.Nxe4 f5 20.Nd6 Rc7 21.Rd4 Kg7
22.Rhd1 Kf6 23.c4 h5 24.Kb3 Rg8 25.g3 Ke7 26.h3 Rh8 27.h4 Rg8 28.Re1 Kf6
29.a4 Bc8 30.Red1 e5 31.R4d2 Be6 32.b5 Ke7 33.Kb4 Rg4 34.a5 f4 35.axb6 axb6
36.Ra1 fxg3 37.fxg3 Bxc4 38.Ra6 Bd5+  0-1

[Event "ch-USA 2013"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2013.05.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Kaidanov,G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[ECO "D22"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 a6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Bxc4 e6 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Qe2 b5 8.Bd3 c5
9.a4 b4 10.Nbd2 Bb7 11.a5 Be7 12.Nb3 cxd4 13.exd4 O-O 14.Bf4 Nh5 15.Bd2 Ndf6
16.Rfc1 Nd5 17.Qe5 Ndf6 18.Qc7 Bd5 19.Qxd8 Rfxd8 20.Bc4 Bb7 21.Ne5 g6 22.Bg5 Rdc8
23.Be2 Nd5 24.Bxe7 Nxe7 25.Rxc8+ Bxc8 26.Nc5 Nf4 27.Bf1 f6 28.Nc4 Nc6 29.Nb6 Rb8
30.Nxc8 Rxc8 31.Bxa6 Ra8 32.Ra4 Ra7 33.g3 Nd5 34.Bb7 Nxa5 35.Bc8 Nc7 36.Nxe6 Kf7
37.Nxc7 Rxc7 38.Ba6 Rc1+ 39.Kg2 Nc6 40.d5 Ne7 41.Rxb4 Nf5 42.Rb7+ Kg8 43.Bd3 Nd6
44.Rb6  1-0

[Event "Chicago Open 2013"]
[Site "Wheeling USA"]
[Date "2013.05.24"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Yermolinsky,A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.Nf3 c5 6.dxc5 Na6 7.g3 Nxc5 8.Bg2 b6
9.O-O Bb7 10.Bf4 Nce4 11.Nxe4 Bxe4 12.Qa4 Be7 13.Rfd1 Qc8 14.Ne5 Bxg2 15.Kxg2 Rd8
16.Kg1 Qb7 17.Bg5 Rac8 18.Bxf6 gxf6 19.Nf3 Qc6 20.Qxc6 Rxc6 21.b3 a6 22.a4 Bc5
23.Rd3 Kf8 24.Rb1 Ke8 25.e3 Rb8  1/2-1/2

[Event "Chicago Open 2013"]
[Site "Wheeling USA"]
[Date "2013.05.25"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Friedel,J"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[ECO "D35"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 c5 7.Nf3 cxd4 8.cxd4 Bb4+
9.Bd2 Bxd2+ 10.Qxd2 O-O 11.Bc4 Nd7 12.O-O b6 13.Rad1 Bb7 14.Rfe1 Rc8 15.Bb3 Re8
16.d5 exd5 17.exd5 Rxe1+ 18.Rxe1 Nc5 19.d6 h6 20.Qf4 Qf6 21.Qxf6 gxf6 22.Re7 Ne4
23.h3 Nxd6 24.Rd7 Bxf3 25.Rxd6 Be2 26.Rd7 Bc4 27.Bxc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "Chicago Open 2013"]
[Site "Wheeling USA"]
[Date "2013.05.25"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Gerzhoy,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[ECO "D30"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c6 4.Qc2 dxc4 5.Qxc4 Nf6 6.Nc3 b5 7.Qd3 Bb7 8.e4 b4
9.Na4 Nbd7 10.Bg5 Qa5 11.b3 c5 12.Bxf6 gxf6 13.d5 O-O-O 14.Be2 f5 15.Ng5 fxe4
16.Qh3 exd5 17.Nxf7 Rg8 18.Nxd8 Qxd8 19.Bb5 Rg7 20.Rc1 Kb8 21.O-O Bc8 22.Qe3 Ne5
23.Be2 Ng4 24.Bxg4 Bxg4 25.Nxc5 Bf3 26.g3 Qf6 27.Qd2 Qf5 28.Qxb4+ Ka8 29.Qb5 Bxc5
30.Rxc5 Qd7 31.Rxd5 Qxb5 32.Rxb5 Rc7 33.Re1 Rc2 34.Re5 Rxa2 35.R5xe4 Bxe4
36.Rxe4 Ra3 37.Rb4 a6 38.Ra4 Rxb3 39.Rxa6+ Kb8 40.Rc6  1-0

[Event "Chicago Open 2013"]
[Site "Wheeling USA"]
[Date "2013.05.26"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Robson,R"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[ECO "C14"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7 7.f4 a6 8.Nf3 c5
9.dxc5 Qxc5 10.Qd2 Nc6 11.Bd3 b5 12.a3 O-O 13.Qf2 Ra7 14.Qxc5 Nxc5 15.Kd2 f5
16.Ne2 h6 17.Rhg1 g5 18.g4 Ne4+ 19.Ke3 Rg7 20.gxf5 Ne7 21.Bxe4 dxe4 22.f6 Nf5+
23.Kf2 Rd7 24.Ne1 Kf7 25.Ng2 Rd2 26.Rad1 Rfd8 27.Ne3 gxf4 28.Nxf5 exf5 29.Rxd2 e3+
30.Kf3 exd2 31.Rd1 Ke6 32.Nxf4+ Kxe5 33.f7 Kf6 34.Rxd2 Rf8 35.Rd6+ Kxf7 36.Rxh6 Bb7+
37.Kf2 Be4 38.c3 Rd8 39.Ke3 Rd1 40.Rxa6 Re1+ 41.Kd4 Bb1 42.Ra7+ Kf6 43.Nd5+ Kg6
44.Kc5 Be4 45.Nf4+ Kg5 46.Ne6+ Kf6 47.Nd4 Bd3 48.Ra6+ Kf7 49.Ra7+ Kf6 50.Ra6+ Kf7
51.Nf3 Re2 52.Rd6 Bb1 53.Rd2 Re3 54.Rf2 Kf6 55.Kxb5 f4 56.a4 Bd3+ 57.Kc5 Re4
58.Nd2 Rxa4 59.b3 Ra5+ 60.Kd4 Bf5 61.Rxf4 Ke6 62.c4 Ra8 63.Nf3 Rd8+ 64.Kc5 Rc8+
65.Kb4 Bc2 66.Kc3  1-0

[Event "Chicago Open 2013"]
[Site "Wheeling USA"]
[Date "2013.05.26"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Yang,Dar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qa4 Bb7 6.Bg2 c5 7.dxc5 bxc5 8.O-O Be7
9.Nc3 O-O 10.Rd1 d6 11.Bf4 Qb6 12.Rab1 Na6 13.a3 Bc6 14.Qc2 Rfd8 15.e4 Qb7
16.Ne1 Rab8 17.b3 h6 18.Qe2 Ne8 19.Nd3 Bf6 20.Bd2 Qc8 21.Rdc1 Bd4 22.b4 Bd7
23.b5 Nac7 24.a4 e5 25.a5 Nf6 26.Kh1 Re8 27.Nd1 Ne6 28.Ne3 Bxe3 29.Bxe3 Nd4
30.Qd2 a6 31.b6 Bc6 32.f3 Nh7 33.Re1 f5 34.Bxd4 fxe4 35.fxe4 exd4 36.e5 Ng5
37.Bxc6 Qxc6+ 38.Qg2 Qa4 39.h4 Nf7 40.Qd5 Qc2 41.e6 Ne5 42.Nxe5 dxe5 43.e7+ Kh8
44.Qxe5 d3 45.Qe4 Qc3 46.Re3 Qxa5 47.Qxd3 Rxb6 48.Rf1 Rbb8 49.Ref3  1-0

[Event "Chicago Open 2013"]
[Site "Wheeling USA"]
[Date "2013.05.27"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Fishbein,A"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[ECO "B18"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Nc5 b6 6.Nb3 e6 7.Nf3 Bd6 8.g3 Nf6
9.Bg2 Nbd7 10.O-O O-O 11.Re1 Rc8 12.Ne5 c5 13.Nxd7 Qxd7 14.dxc5 bxc5 15.Bg5 Rfd8
16.c4 Qa4 17.Qc1 Be7 18.Qc3 h6 19.Bf4 Nh5 20.Be3 Bf6 21.Qa5 Qxa5 22.Nxa5 Bxb2
23.Rad1 Bd4 24.Nc6 Rd7 25.Bxd4 cxd4 26.Rxd4 Rxd4 27.Nxd4 Rxc4 28.Nxf5 exf5
29.Bd5 Rc7 30.a4 Nf6 31.Bf3 Rc8 32.Re7 a5  1/2-1/2

[Event "Chicago Open 2013"]
[Site "Wheeling USA"]
[Date "2013.05.27"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Kekelidze,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[ECO "A56"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 d6 4.Nc3 g6 5.e4 Bg7 6.h3 O-O 7.Nf3 Nh5 8.Bg5 Qb6 9.Qd2 e6
10.dxe6 Bxe6 11.Be2 Nc6 12.O-O Nd4 13.Nxd4 cxd4 14.Na4 Qc6 15.b3 f5 16.exf5 Bxf5
17.Bf3 Be4 18.Bxe4 Qxe4 19.Rae1 Qc6 20.Nb2 d5 21.Re7 Rae8 22.Rfe1 dxc4 23.Nxc4 Rxe7
24.Rxe7 b5 25.Nb2 Rf7 26.Rxf7 Kxf7 27.Nd3 Qe4 28.Qc2 h6 29.Bc1 Kg8 30.f3 Qe6
31.Kf2 Kh7 32.g4 Qd6 33.Kf1 Nf6 34.Bf4 Qe6 35.Qe2 Qc6 36.Ne5 Qe8 37.Nd3 Qc6
38.Ne5 Qe8 39.Nd3 Qc8 40.Bd2 Nd5 41.h4 h5 42.gxh5 Qh3+ 43.Kg1 Qg3+ 44.Kf1 gxh5
45.Qe4+ Qg6 46.Qxd5 Qxd3+ 47.Ke1 Qg6 48.Ke2 a6 49.Be1 Qc2+ 50.Bd2 Qg6 51.Be1 Qc2+
52.Bd2 Qg6 53.Be1 Qc2+ 54.Bd2 Qg6 55.Be1  1/2-1/2

[Event "National Open 2013"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2013.06.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Landaw,J"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2314"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[ECO "B00"]

1.e4 d6 2.Nc3 e5 3.g3 c6 4.Bg2 h5 5.d4 h4 6.dxe5 dxe5 7.Qxd8+ Kxd8 8.Nf3 hxg3
9.hxg3 Rxh1+ 10.Bxh1 f6 11.Be3 Be6 12.Nh4 Nd7 13.O-O-O Bb4 14.Ne2 Ne7 15.a3 Ba5
16.f4 Kc7 17.fxe5 Nxe5 18.Nd4 Bg4 19.Rf1 Bb6 20.Nhf5 Nxf5 21.exf5 Kd7 22.Be4 Rh8
23.c3 Rh2 24.Bg1 Rh3 25.Ne6 g5 26.Bxb6 axb6 27.Rg1 Nc4 28.Nd4 Nd6 29.Bd3 c5
30.Nc2 Nxf5 31.Bxf5+ Bxf5 32.Ne3 Be6 33.Kd2 f5 34.Rf1 Rxg3 35.Nxf5 Rg2+ 36.Kc1 Bxf5
37.Rxf5 Ke6 38.Rf8 g4 39.Rb8 g3 40.Rg8 c4 41.Kb1 Kf5 42.Rg7 Kf4 43.Rf7+ Ke3
44.Re7+ Kf2 45.Rf7+ Ke1 46.Rxb7 Re2 47.Rxb6 g2 48.Rg6 Kf1 49.a4 g1=Q 50.Rxg1+ Kxg1
51.Ka2 Kf2 52.Ka3 Ke3  0-1

[Event "41st Annual World Open"]
[Site "Arlington USA"]
[Date "2013.07.05"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Fishbein,A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2504"]
[ECO "E73"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Bg5 c6 7.f4 a6 8.e5 Ne8 9.Nf3 Nc7
10.Qd2 Bf5 11.O-O-O Ne6 12.Bh4 Bh6 13.g3 dxe5 14.dxe5 Qxd2+ 15.Nxd2 g5 16.fxg5 Bg7
17.g4 Bg6 18.Bg3 Nd7 19.Nf3 Ndc5 20.h4 Rfd8 21.Rxd8+ Rxd8 22.Rd1 Nd3+ 23.Bxd3 Bxd3
24.b3 b5 25.cxb5 cxb5 26.Ne1 Bf1 27.Rxd8+ Nxd8 28.Nd5 Be2 29.Ne3 b4 30.Kd2 Bb5
31.Nf3 Nc6 32.Nd5 a5 33.Ke3 Bf1 34.Nd4 Nxd4 35.Kxd4 Kf8 36.Ne3 Be2 37.Nc4 Bxg4
38.Nxa5 Bf3 39.Kc5 f6 40.gxf6 exf6 41.Nc4 fxe5 42.Bxe5 Bh6 43.Kxb4 Ke7 44.a4 Kd7
45.Kc3 Bf8 46.Bd4 Bd1 47.b4 Be7 48.Bf2 Bf6+ 49.Kd3 Kc7 50.Bg3+ Kb7 51.Nd6+ Ka6
52.b5+ Ka5 53.Be1+ Kxa4 54.b6 Bd8 55.b7 Bc7 56.Ne4 Bf3 57.Bf2 Bb8 58.Nc5+ Kb5
59.Nd7 Kc6 60.Nxb8+ Kxb7 61.Nd7 Bh5 62.Nf6 Bg6+ 63.Kd4 Kc7 64.Ke5 Kd8 65.Bc5  1-0

[Event "41st Annual World Open"]
[Site "Arlington USA"]
[Date "2013.07.05"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Robson,R"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Nd7 6.O-O Ne7 7.Nbd2 Nc8 8.b3 a5
9.c4 a4 10.bxa4 Be7 11.Qb3 Ra7 12.cxd5 exd5 13.Bd3 Bxd3 14.Qxd3 Rxa4 15.Re1 Nf8
16.Nf1 Ne6 17.Ng3 Qa5 18.Bd2 Qa6 19.Qxa6 Rxa6 20.Reb1 b5 21.a4 bxa4 22.Nf5 O-O
23.Rb8 g6 24.Nh6+ Kg7 25.Ng4 Rd8 26.Bh6+ Kg8 27.h4 a3 28.Rb7 Rb6 29.Rxe7 Nxe7
30.Rxa3 Rb7 31.Ra6 Nf5 32.Rxc6 Nexd4 33.Nxd4 Nxd4 34.Rd6 Ne6 35.Nf6+ Kh8
36.Rxd8+ Nxd8 37.Nxd5 Rb5 38.Nf6 Rxe5 39.g4 Ne6 40.Kg2 Rb5 41.f4 Nc7 42.h5 Rb6
43.g5 Ne6 44.Kf3 Rb4 45.Ne4 Nd4+ 46.Kg4 Nf5 47.hxg6 hxg6 48.Ng3 Nxh6+ 49.gxh6 f6
50.Kf3 Kh7 51.Ne4 Rb6 52.f5 gxf5 53.Ng3 Rb3+ 54.Kf4 Rxg3 55.Kxg3 Kxh6 56.Kf3 Kg5  0-1

[Event "41st Annual World Open"]
[Site "Arlington USA"]
[Date "2013.07.06"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Erenburg,S"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Nd7 6.Nbd2 h6 7.O-O Ne7 8.c3 Bh7
9.b4 a5 10.Nb3 axb4 11.cxb4 Nf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "41st Annual World Open"]
[Site "Arlington USA"]
[Date "2013.07.06"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Bruzon Batista,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Bxd2+ 6.Qxd2 Ba6 7.b3 c6 8.Nc3 d5
9.Bg2 O-O 10.O-O dxc4  1/2-1/2

[Event "41st Annual World Open T/B"]
[Site "Arlington USA"]
[Date "2013.07.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Quesada Perez,Yu"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[ECO "C10"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Bg5 h6 7.Nxf6+ Nxf6 8.Bxf6 Qxf6
9.Bd3 Bd6 10.O-O Bd7 11.Qe2 O-O-O 12.Rad1 Bc6 13.Be4 Bxe4 14.Qxe4 Qf4 15.Qxf4 Bxf4
16.g3 Bd6 17.c3 c6 18.Rfe1 Bc7 19.Ne5 Bxe5 20.Rxe5 Rd5 21.Rde1 Rhd8 22.Kg2 Rxe5
23.Rxe5 Rd5 24.Re2 b5 25.h4 h5 26.a3 a5 27.b4 a4 28.f3 Kd7 29.g4 Ke7 30.Re3 f6
31.Kg3 Kf7 32.Kf4 g5+ 33.Kg3 hxg4 34.fxg4 gxh4+ 35.Kxh4 Rd8 36.Kg3 Rh8 37.c4 Rd8
38.cxb5 cxb5 39.Re4 f5 40.gxf5 exf5 41.Re5 Kf6 42.Rxb5 Rxd4 43.Kf3 Rd3+ 44.Kf4 Rxa3
45.Rxf5+ Ke6 46.Ra5 Ra1 47.Ke3 Kd6 48.Kd3 Kc6 49.Kc3 Kb6 50.Kb2 Rh1 51.Rxa4 Kb5
52.Ra8 Kxb4  1/2-1/2

[Event "41st Annual World Open"]
[Site "Arlington USA"]
[Date "2013.07.07"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Quesada Perez,Yu"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.Nf3 c5 6.dxc5 Na6 7.g3 Nxc5 8.Bg2 Nce4
9.Bd2 Nxd2 10.Nxd2 Qa5 11.Rc1 d5 12.O-O Bxc3 13.Qxc3 Qxc3 14.Rxc3 Bd7 15.cxd5 exd5
16.Rc7 Bc6 17.Rc1 Rfe8 18.e3 Kf8 19.Nb3 Re7 20.Rxe7 Kxe7 21.Nd4 Bd7 22.Rc7 Rb8
23.f3 Kd6 24.Rc3 a6 25.Rb3 b5 26.Ra3 Ra8 27.Bf1 Kc5 28.g4 Kb6 29.Rc3 b4 30.Rc1 Rc8
31.Rxc8 Bxc8 32.Bd3 g6 33.h4 Nd7 34.Kf2 Ne5 35.Bc2 Kc5 36.h5 Kd6 37.b3 Bd7
38.Kg3 f6 39.Kf4 g5+ 40.Kg3 h6 41.Bf5 Nc6  1/2-1/2

[Event "41st Annual World Open"]
[Site "Arlington USA"]
[Date "2013.07.07"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Laznicka,V"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[ECO "C00"]

1.e4 e6 2.Qe2 c5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.d3 d6 7.O-O Nge7 8.c3 O-O
9.Nh4 e5 10.f4 f5 11.Be3 Be6 12.Nd2 Qd7 13.Ndf3 exf4 14.gxf4 h6 15.a3 Rae8
16.Rae1  1/2-1/2

[Event "US Chess League 2013"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2013.08.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Holt,C"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "D37"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Be2 dxc4 8.O-O Nb6
9.Qc2 Nh5 10.Be5 f6 11.Bg3 Nxg3 12.hxg3 c5 13.Rfd1 Bd7 14.a4 a5 15.d5 Qc7
16.dxe6 Bxe6 17.Nb5 Qc8 18.Nd2 Rd8 19.Nxc4 Nd5 20.Rxd5 Bxd5 21.Nb6 Qc6 22.Nxd5 Bf8
23.Bf3 Kh8 24.Ndc7 Qb6 25.Nxa8 Rxa8 26.Rd1 Rd8 27.Rxd8 Qxd8 28.Bxb7 g6 29.Bf3 Kg7
30.Qd1 Qe7 31.Qd5 Kh6 32.g4 Kg7 33.Qb7 Qxb7 34.Bxb7 Be7 35.Kf1  1-0

[Event "US Chess League 2013"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2013.09.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kekelidze,M"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "E20"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d5 6.Nf3 c6 7.O-O Nbd7 8.Nd2 Re8
9.e4 e5 10.exd5 exd4 11.Nce4 cxd5 12.cxd5 b6 13.Qa4 a5 14.Nxf6+ Nxf6 15.Nf3 Ba6
16.Rd1 d3 17.a3 Bc5 18.Ne1 Qe7 19.Bg5 Qe2 20.Rd2 Bxf2+ 21.Kh1 Qh5 22.Bxf6 Bxe1
23.g4 Qh6 24.Rdd1 Bg3 25.h3 Qxf6 26.Rf1 Qd6 27.Rf5 d2  0-1

[Event "US Chess League 2013"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2013.09.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Schroer,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2359"]
[ECO "E15"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qa4 Bb7 6.Bg2 c5 7.dxc5 bxc5 8.O-O Be7
9.Nc3 O-O 10.Rd1 Qb6 11.Bf4 Rd8 12.Rab1 Bc6 13.Qc2 Qb7 14.a3 Na6 15.h3 d6
16.b3 h6 17.g4 Ne4 18.Nxe4 Bxe4 19.Ne1 d5 20.Bxe4 dxe4 21.Be5 Rxd1 22.Rxd1 Rd8
23.Rxd8+ Bxd8 24.Ng2 Bc7 25.Bc3 Qc6 26.Ne3 Nb8 27.b4 a6 28.Qb2 Qd6 29.Nf1 f6
30.b5 Nd7 31.Qd2 axb5 32.cxb5 Nb6 33.Qxd6 Bxd6 34.Nd2 f5 35.Ba5 Na4 36.Nc4 Bb8
37.f3 exf3 38.exf3 Kf7 39.Kf2 g6 40.Ke3 e5 41.gxf5 gxf5 42.Kd3 Ke6 43.Kc2 e4
44.fxe4 fxe4 45.Kb3 Kd5 46.Ne3+ Kd4 47.Nc2+ Kd3 48.Ne1+ Ke2 49.Kxa4 c4 50.b6 e3
51.Kb5 Bg3 52.Kxc4 Bxe1 53.Bxe1 Kxe1 54.b7 e2 55.b8=Q  1-0

[Event "US Chess League 2013"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2013.10.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Molner,M"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "E16"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.d4 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Bb4+ 6.Nbd2 O-O 7.O-O Bxd2 8.Bxd2 d6
9.Rc1 Nbd7 10.Qa4 a5 11.Rfd1 Qe7 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bxf6 Nxf6 14.c5 Bd5 15.cxb6 cxb6
16.Ne1 Bxg2 17.Nxg2 Rac8 18.Qb5 Qb7 19.Nf4 Qe4 20.Qd3 Qb7 21.Qb5 Qe4 22.Qd3 Qb7
23.Qb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "US Chess League 2013"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2013.10.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Izoria,Z"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[ECO "D86"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 c5 8.Ne2 Nc6
9.Be3 O-O 10.O-O Bg4 11.f3 Bd7 12.Qd2 Rc8 13.Rac1 Qa5 14.Qb2 cxd4 15.cxd4 Qb4
16.Qxb4 Nxb4 17.a3 Nc6 18.Bd3 Rfd8 19.Kf2 e6 20.Bg5 Re8 21.Be3 Red8 22.Rc2 Bf8
23.Rb1 Na5 24.Bg5 Ba4 25.Rcc1 Re8 26.Bf4 a6 27.Rb6 Rxc1 28.Bxc1 Rc8 29.Bb2 Nc4
30.Bxc4 Rxc4 31.Nc3 Bc6 32.Ke3 Bxa3 33.Na2 Be7 34.Kd3 Bb5 35.Kd2 Bg5+ 36.Kd1 Ba4+
37.Ke1 Rc2 38.Rxb7 Bd2+  0-1

[Event "US Chess League 2013"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2013.10.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Becerra Rivero,J"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "B19"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.h5 Bh7
9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 e6 11.Bf4 Qa5+ 12.Bd2 Qc7 13.O-O-O Ngf6 14.Ne4 Nxe4 15.Qxe4 Nf6
16.Qe2 Be7 17.Kb1 Rd8 18.g4 c5 19.dxc5 Qxc5 20.Ne5 Rd5 21.f4 Qc7 22.Bc1 Bd6
23.Ng6 fxg6 24.Qxe6+ Qe7 25.Qc8+ Qd8 26.Qxd8+ Kxd8 27.Rxd5 Nxd5 28.Rd1 Nf6
29.Rxd6+ Ke7 30.Rd4 gxh5 31.gxh5 Nxh5 32.Rb4 Rb8 33.Be3 b6 34.a4 Nf6 35.Rb5 Rd8
36.c4 Rd3 37.Re5+ Kf7 38.Kc2 Rd7 39.Rb5 Rd6 40.a5 Nd7 41.Kc3 g6 42.axb6 axb6
43.b4 Ke6 44.Bd4 Rc6 45.Bg7 h5 46.Rg5 Kf7 47.Bd4 Nf6 48.Kd3 h4 49.Rg2 Nh5
50.Rg4 h3 51.Rh4 Ke6 52.Be3 Kf5 53.Rxh3 Nxf4+ 54.Bxf4 Kxf4 55.Rh6 Ke5 56.Rh8 g5
57.Rg8 Kf4 58.Kd4 Rd6+ 59.Kc3 g4 60.c5 bxc5 61.bxc5 Rd1 62.Kc4 g3 63.c6 Rc1+
64.Kd5 Kf3 65.Kd6 g2 66.c7 Kf2 67.Rxg2+ Kxg2 68.Kd7 Kf3 69.c8=Q Rxc8 70.Kxc8  1/2-1/2

[Event "US Chess League 2013"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2013.10.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Holt,C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[ECO "D13"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bf4 Nh5 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bd2 e6
9.e3 Nf6 10.Ne5 Nxe5 11.dxe5 Nd7 12.f4 Be7 13.Qc2 a6 14.Rc1 O-O 15.Bd3 b6
16.Ne2 Bb7 17.b4 Rc8 18.Qb1 Rxc1+ 19.Bxc1 Bh4+ 20.g3 Be7 21.Nd4 Nb8 22.O-O b5
23.a3 Nc6 24.Bb2 Qb6 25.Rc1 Rc8 26.Kf2 Nxd4 27.Bxd4 Qd8 28.Ke2 Kf8 29.Rxc8 Qxc8
30.Kd2 Qc6 31.h4 h5 32.Qd1 g6 33.g4 hxg4 34.Qxg4 Bd8 35.h5 gxh5 36.Qxh5 Bb6
37.f5 exf5 38.Qh8+ Ke7 39.Qf6+ Qxf6 40.exf6+ Ke6 41.Bxb6 Kxf6 42.Kc3 Ke5
43.Bc7+ Ke6 44.Kd4 f6 45.Kc5 Bc8 46.Bf4 d4  1-0

[Event "World Teams 2013"]
[Site "Antalya TUR"]
[Date "2013.11.26"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Kryvoruchko,Y"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 d5 7.Nf3 dxc4 8.Qxc4 b6
9.Bg5 Ba6 10.Qa4 Qd7 11.Qc2 c5 12.Bxf6 gxf6 13.dxc5 Rc8 14.Rd1 Rxc5 15.Qe4 Rd5
16.Rxd5 exd5 17.Qf4 Qc8 18.Nd4 Qc4 19.Qd2 Qa2 20.f3 Nd7 21.Kf2 Nc5 22.Nf5 Ne6
23.e3 Bxf1 24.Rxf1 Qb3 25.Rc1 Rd8 26.Rc6 Qb5 27.Qc3 d4 28.Nxd4 Nxd4 29.exd4 Kg7
30.d5 Qxd5 31.Qxf6+ Kg8 32.Rc7 Ra8 33.h4 a5 34.h5 h6 35.Qxh6 Re8 36.Kg3 Qe5+
37.Qf4 Qxh5 38.Rc6 b5 39.Rf6 Re5 40.Rxf7 Qg6+ 41.Kf2 Qc2+ 42.Kg3 Qg6+ 43.Kf2 Qc2+
44.Kg3 Qg6+  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Teams 2013"]
[Site "Antalya TUR"]
[Date "2013.11.28"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Sargissian,G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[ECO "E37"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 Ne4 7.Qc2 c5 8.dxc5 Nc6
9.Nf3 Qa5+ 10.Bd2 Qxc5 11.e3 Nxd2 12.Nxd2 d4 13.b4 Qe7 14.Be2 O-O 15.O-O e5
16.c5 Be6 17.Nc4 Bxc4 18.Qxc4 a6 19.e4 Nd8 20.g3 Ne6 21.Rac1 Rfd8 22.Rfd1 g6
23.Qb3 Kg7 24.h4 Rab8 25.Bg4 Nc7 26.a4 h5 27.Be2 a5 28.bxa5 Ne6 29.c6 bxc6
30.Qa2 Qd6 31.a6 Nc5 32.Qc2 d3 33.Qc4 Qd4 34.Qxd4 Rxd4 35.Bf1 Nxa6 36.Rxd3 Rxa4
37.Rd7 Rc8 38.Bb5 Nb8 39.Rxf7+ Kxf7 40.Bxa4 Ke7 41.Kg2 Kd6 42.Rd1+ Ke7 43.Rc1 Kd6
44.f4 Nd7 45.Kf3 Rc7 46.Rd1+ Ke7 47.Rc1 Kd6 48.Rc3 Rc8 49.Rd3+ Ke7 50.Rc3 Kd6
51.Rd3+ Ke7 52.Rc3  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Teams 2013"]
[Site "Antalya TUR"]
[Date "2013.11.29"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Labib,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2411"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 Qe8 7.f3 d6 8.Bg5 Nfd7
9.O-O-O a5 10.e4 e5 11.Ne2 a4 12.g4 Nc6 13.h4 exd4 14.Nxd4 Nxd4 15.Qxd4 Nc5
16.Kb1 Bd7 17.Be3 b5 18.Qc3 Nb3 19.h5 f6 20.h6 g6 21.cxb5 Rf7  1-0

[Event "World Teams 2013"]
[Site "Antalya TUR"]
[Date "2013.12.03"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Baramidze,D"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "C42"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Bf4 O-O 8.Qd2 b6
9.O-O-O Bb7 10.h4 Nd7 11.Nd4 Nc5 12.Re1 Bf6 13.Bb5 a6 14.Nc6 Qd7 15.Ne7+ Qxe7
16.Rxe7 axb5 17.Rhe1 Bxe7 18.Rxe7 Rxa2 19.Qe3 Ra1+ 20.Kd2 Bxg2 21.h5 Rh1
22.h6 Rh3 23.f3 Rxf3 24.Qd4 Rd3+ 25.Qxd3 Nxd3 26.cxd3 Rc8 27.Re3 Bd5 28.Rg3 g6
29.Bg5 Kf8 30.Re3 Be6 31.d4 d5 32.Re1 Ra8 33.Ke3 Ra2 34.Kf4 Rxb2 35.Ra1 Ke8
36.Ra8+ Kd7 37.Rh8 Rf2+ 38.Kg3 Rc2 39.Rxh7 Rxc3+ 40.Kg2 Rh3 41.Rxf7+ Bxf7
42.Kxh3 Bg8 43.Kg4 b4 44.Bd2 b3 45.Bc3 Ke6 46.Kg5 Bh7 47.Bb2 c5  0-1

[Event "World Teams 2013"]
[Site "Antalya TUR"]
[Date "2013.12.04"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Can,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[ECO "E60"]

1.d4 g6 2.c4 Nf6 3.f3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Ne2 a6 6.Nec3 c6 7.a4 a5 8.Be3 O-O 9.Na3 Na6
10.Be2 e5 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.Qxd8 Rxd8 13.Bb6 Re8 14.Bxa5 Nd7 15.Nc2 Bf8 16.Nb1 Nac5
17.Bb4 Rxa4 18.Rxa4 Nxa4 19.Bxf8 Nxf8 20.b3 Nc5 21.b4 Na4 22.Kf2 c5 23.bxc5 Be6
24.Nb4 Nxc5 25.Nc3 Nfd7 26.Ra1 Rc8 27.Ra7 Nb8 28.Ncd5 Kg7 29.Ra5 Nbd7 30.Ra7 Nb8
31.Ra5 Nbd7 32.Ra3 Rf8 33.Ke3 Rc8 34.Ra7 Kf8 35.Ra3 Kg7 36.Ra7 Kf8 37.g4 h6
38.h4 g5 39.h5 Nb8 40.Ra5 Nbd7 41.Bd1 Kg7 42.Bc2 Kf8 43.Ra7 Kg7 44.Nd3 Nxd3
45.Bxd3 Nc5 46.Bc2 Rc6 47.Ra5 Na6 48.Bd3 Nc5 49.Bc2 Na6 50.Bb3 Rc5 51.Ra4 Rc8
52.Ra5 Rc5 53.Ra3 Rc8 54.Kd2 Nc5 55.Bc2 Nd7 56.Bd3 Kf8 57.Ra5 Nc5 58.Kc3 Na6
59.Rb5 Nc5 60.Bc2 Bd7 61.Ra5 Be6 62.Nb6 Rc6 63.Nd5 Rc8 64.Kb2 Na6 65.Bb3 Rc5
66.Ra3 Bc8 67.Kc3 b5 68.Kd3 Nc7 69.Ra7 bxc4+ 70.Bxc4 Ne6 71.Nb6 Rc6 72.Nxc8 Rxc8
73.Bxe6 fxe6 74.Rh7 Ra8 75.Rh8+  1-0

[Event "World Teams 2013"]
[Site "Antalya TUR"]
[Date "2013.12.05"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Sokolov,Ivan"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "E12"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.e3 Bb7 6.Bd3 O-O 7.O-O d5 8.cxd5 exd5
9.a3 Bd6 10.b4 a6 11.Qb3 Nbd7 12.a4 Re8 13.Ba3 c6 14.b5 Qe7 15.bxc6 Bxc6
16.Rfc1 g6 17.h3 Rec8 18.Ne5 Nxe5 19.dxe5 Qxe5 20.Bxd6 Qxd6 21.Qxb6 Nd7 22.Qd4 Nc5
23.Ne4 Nxe4 24.Bxe4 a5 25.Rc5 Rab8 26.Bxd5 Bxd5 27.Rxd5 Qb4 28.Qe5 Qb2 29.Qxb2 Rxb2
30.Rxa5 Rcc2 31.Rb5 Rxf2 32.Rxb2 Rxb2 33.a5 Rb7 34.a6 Ra7 35.Kf2 Kg7 36.Ke2 Kf6
37.Kd3 Ke5 38.Kc4 Kd6 39.Kb5 Kc7 40.Rd1 h5 41.h4 Ra8 42.Rc1+ Kd7 43.Ra1 Kc7
44.a7 Kb7 45.e4 Re8 46.a8=Q+ Rxa8 47.Rxa8 Kxa8 48.Kc6  1-0

[Event "23rd North American Open 2013"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2013.12.26"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Bryant,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2401"]
[ECO "A61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nf3 g6 7.Bf4 Bg7 8.Qa4+ Bd7
9.Qb3 Qc7 10.e4 O-O 11.Be2 b5 12.Bxb5 Nxe4 13.Nxe4 Qa5+ 14.Bd2 Qxb5 15.Qxb5 Bxb5
16.Nxd6 Bd3 17.Bc3 Bxc3+ 18.bxc3 Nd7 19.c4 Nb6 20.Rc1 Rfd8 21.Kd2 Rxd6 22.Kxd3 Na4
23.Rhe1 Nb2+ 24.Kc3 Rb8 25.Rc2 Na4+ 26.Kd2 Ra6 27.Ne5 Nb2 28.Kc1 Na4 29.Nc6 Rb7
30.Re7 Rxe7 31.Nxe7+ Kf8 32.Nc6 Nb6 33.Kb2 Nc8 34.Ne5 Ke8 35.Re2 Nd6 36.Nd3+ Kd8
37.Nxc5 Ra5 38.Nb3 Nxc4+ 39.Kc3 Ra4 40.Nc5  1-0

[Event "23rd North American Open 2013"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2013.12.27"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Esserman,M"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2447"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Nd7 6.O-O Ne7 7.h3 c5 8.c4 dxc4 9.Bxc4 a6
10.Nc3 Nc6 11.Bg5 Be7 12.Bxe7 Qxe7 13.d5 Ncxe5 14.Nxe5 Nxe5 15.Qa4+ Kf8 16.Rfe1 Nxc4
17.Qxc4 h5 18.dxe6 Bxe6 19.Qf4 Qf6 20.Qd6+ Qe7 21.Qf4 Rd8 22.Rad1 Rxd1 23.Rxd1 g5
24.Qe3 Rh6 25.Re1 b5 26.Qe5 g4 27.h4 Qxh4 28.Qxc5+ Qe7 29.Qe3 Rg6 30.Nd5 Qd8
31.Qc5+ Kg7 32.Nf4 Rg5 33.Nxe6+ fxe6 34.Qa7+ Kf6 35.Qxa6 Qd5 36.Qc8 Rf5 37.Qf8+ Kg6
38.Qg8+ Kf6 39.Qh8+ Kg6 40.Qg8+ Kf6 41.b3 Qd6 42.Qh8+ Kg6 43.Qe8+ Kf6 44.a4 bxa4
45.bxa4 Qb6  1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd North American Open 2013"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2013.12.27"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Wang Chen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[ECO "D36"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.Qc2 Na6 7.a3 Nc7 8.e3 Be7
9.Bd3 Ne6 10.Bh4 g6 11.Nge2 O-O 12.O-O Ng7 13.f3 Bf5 14.e4 Be6 15.Rad1 Nfh5
16.Bxe7 Qxe7 17.e5 f5 18.f4 Bd7 19.b4 a6 20.Na4 Ne6 21.Nc5 Nxc5 22.Qxc5 Kf7
23.Rb1 Ng7 24.Nc1 Ne6 25.Qc3 Rfc8 26.Nb3 b6 27.Qd2 h5 28.Rfc1 Ra7 29.a4 a5
30.bxa5 bxa5 31.Nc5 Nxc5 32.Rxc5 Qd8 33.h3 Rb8 34.Rxb8 Qxb8 35.Rxa5 Rxa5
36.Qxa5 Qb3 37.Qd2 Qxa4 38.Be2 Qa3 39.Bf3 Be6 40.Kh2 c5 41.dxc5 Qxc5 42.Qe1 Qe7
43.Qf2 h4 44.Qd4 Qb7 45.Qf2 Qe7 46.Qb6 Qd7 47.Qf2  1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd North American Open 2013"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2013.12.28"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Mulyar,M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2423"]
[ECO "D45"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O dxc4
9.Bxc4 b5 10.Be2 Bb7 11.Rd1 Qc7 12.e4 e5 13.Bg5 exd4 14.Rxd4 Ne5 15.g3 Nxf3+
16.Bxf3 Qe7 17.Rad1 Rad8 18.Be3 a6 19.Ne2 Rfe8 20.Nf4 Bxf4 21.Rxd8 Rxd8 22.Rxd8+ Qxd8
23.Bxf4 Qe7 24.Bg2 c5 25.f3 c4 26.Qd2 h6 27.Qd6 Qxd6 28.Bxd6 Ne8 29.Bb8 g5
30.Kf2 Ng7 31.Ke3 Ne6 32.Bd6 Kg7 33.Bh3 Bc8 34.f4 gxf4+ 35.gxf4 f6 36.Bg4 Bd7
37.h3 Kg8 38.Bf5 a5 39.Bg4 Kf7 40.a3 Bc6 41.h4 Nd8 42.f5 Kg7 43.Bc7 Nb7 44.Kd4 Kf7
45.Be2 a4 46.e5 fxe5+ 47.Kxe5 Be8 48.f6 Kf8 49.Bf3 b4 50.Bxb7 c3 51.bxc3 b3
52.Be4  1-0

[Event "23rd North American Open 2013"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2013.12.29"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Kacheishvili,G"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "E54"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 c5 7.O-O dxc4 8.Bxc4 cxd4
9.exd4 b6 10.Bg5 Bb7 11.Re1 Nbd7 12.Rc1 Rc8 13.Bd3 Bxc3 14.bxc3 Qc7 15.c4 Rfe8
16.h3 h6 17.Bd2 e5 18.Nxe5 Nxe5 19.dxe5 Rxe5 20.Qb3 Qc6 21.Bf1 Ne4 22.Bf4 Rf5
23.Be3 Ng3 24.Qd3 Nxf1 25.Qxf1 Ra5 26.c5 bxc5 27.f3 c4 28.Qf2 a6 29.Bd4 Rg5
30.Re5 Rxe5 31.Bxe5 Qg6 32.Rc3 f6 33.Bd4 Bd5 34.Re3 Bf7 35.Kh2 Rd8 36.Bc3 Rd3
37.Rxd3 cxd3 38.a4 Qf5 39.Qd4 h5 40.h4 Kh7 41.Kg3 Bg6 42.a5 Qe6 43.Kf2 Bf5
44.Kg3 Qc8 45.Bd2 Kg6 46.Kf2 Qe6 47.Qe3  1/2-1/2

[Event "23rd North American Open 2013"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2013.12.30"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Wei Yi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[ECO "D85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Bb5+ Nc6
9.O-O cxd4 10.cxd4 O-O 11.Be3 Bg4 12.Bxc6 bxc6 13.Rc1 Rc8 14.Rc5  1/2-1/2

[Event "UT Dallas Spring Int 2014"]
[Site "Dallas USA"]
[Date "2014.03.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vibbert,Sean"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2334"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[ECO "B19"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.h5 Bh7
9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 e6 11.Bd2 Ngf6 12.O-O-O Be7 13.Ne4 Nxe4 14.Qxe4 Nf6 15.Qe2 Qd5
16.c4 Qe4 17.Qxe4 Nxe4 18.Be1 Bf6 19.Ne5 Rd8 20.f3 Nd6 21.b3 Nf5 22.Bf2 c5
23.g4 Nxd4 24.Bxd4 Bg5+ 25.Kb1 cxd4 26.Nd3 Be3 27.Nb4 O-O 28.Rhe1 f5 29.gxf5 exf5
30.Nd5 f4 31.a4 Rde8 32.Rh1 Re5 33.Kc2 Rff5 34.a5 Rxh5 35.a6 b5 36.Ne7+ Kh7
37.Rxh5 Rxh5 38.Kd3 bxc4+ 39.bxc4 Ra5 40.Rb1 Ra3+ 41.Ke4 d3 42.Nd5 d2 43.Rd1 g5
44.c5 Rxa6 45.Kf5 Rc6 46.Rb1 Bxc5 47.Nf6+ Kg7 48.Rb7+ Kf8 49.Kg6 Rxf6+ 50.Kxf6 Bd4+  0-1

[Event "UT Dallas Spring Int 2014"]
[Site "Dallas USA"]
[Date "2014.03.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Perelshteyn,E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2518"]
[ECO "E33"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 Nc6 5.Nf3 d6 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.Qxc3 O-O 8.g3 e5
9.Bg2 Qe7 10.d5 Nb8 11.O-O a5 12.b3 Bg4 13.h3 Bh5 14.g4 Bg6 15.Nh4 Nbd7 16.Nxg6 fxg6
17.Be3 h6 18.b4 axb4 19.axb4 Qf7 20.Rxa8 Rxa8 21.Ra1 Rxa1+ 22.Qxa1 b6 23.Qa7 Nf8
24.g5 hxg5 25.Bxg5 N8h7 26.Be3 Nf8 27.Qb8 Qd7 28.Kh2 Qf7 29.Bf3 Qd7 30.Bg5 Qf5
31.Be3 Qd7 32.Kg1 Qf7 33.Bg4 Nxg4 34.hxg4 Qe7 35.Kg2 Kf7 36.f3 Nh7 37.Qc8 Nf8
38.Kf1 Qd7 39.Qb7 Qe7 40.Ke1 Nh7 41.Qc8 Nf8 42.Kd2 Qd7 43.Qb8 Nh7 44.Qa7 Qe7
45.Qb7 Nf6 46.Qc8 Qd7 47.Qxd7+ Nxd7 48.g5 Ke7 49.Kd3 Nb8 50.Ke4 Na6 51.Bd2 Kd7
52.Bc3 Ke7 53.f4 exf4 54.Kxf4 Kf7 55.e4 Ke7 56.e5 dxe5+ 57.Kxe5 Kd7 58.Ke4 Ke7
59.Bd2 Kd6 60.Kd4 Kd7 61.Kc3 Ke7 62.Bf4 Kd7 63.Be5 Kd8 64.Bxg7 Ke7 65.Be5 Kd7
66.Bf4 Kd8 67.Bd2 Kd7 68.Kd4 Ke7 69.b5 Nb8 70.Bf4 Kd7 71.Bh2 Kd8 72.Ke5 Ke7
73.d6+ cxd6+ 74.Kd5 Nd7 75.Bxd6+ Kf7 76.Kc6 Ke6 77.Bc7 Nc5 78.Bxb6 Nb3 79.Be3 Na5+
80.Kc5  1-0

[Event "UT Dallas Spring Int 2014"]
[Site "Dallas USA"]
[Date "2014.03.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Chirila,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[ECO "D90"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.h4 dxc4 6.e4 O-O 7.Bxc4 c5 8.d5 b5
9.Bxb5 Nxe4 10.Nxe4 Qa5+ 11.Nc3 Bxc3+ 12.bxc3 Qxb5 13.h5 Qc4 14.hxg6 fxg6
15.Rh4 Qxc3+ 16.Bd2 Qd3 17.Bg5 Qxd1+ 18.Rxd1 e6 19.d6 Nd7 20.Be3 Rf5 21.Ng5 Nf6
22.Rc1 Rd5 23.Rxc5 Rxd6 24.Bd4 Nh5 25.Be5 Rd5 26.Ne4 Bb7 27.g4 Rxe5 28.Rxe5 Nf4
29.Kd2 Rd8+ 30.Kc2 Rc8+ 31.Nc3 Nd5 32.Rh3 Rf8 33.Ne4 Nb4+ 34.Kb3 Nc6 35.Rc5 Nd4+
36.Kc4 Nf3 37.Nc3 Rf7 38.Kb4 Kg7 39.a4 e5 40.Nb5 e4 41.Nd6 Rd7 42.Nxb7 Rxb7+
43.Rb5 Rc7 44.g5 Nd4 45.Rd5 Rb7+ 46.Kc4 Nf3 47.Kc5 Ne1 48.Kc6 Re7 49.Kd6 Kf8
50.Re5 Rxe5 51.Kxe5 Nd3+ 52.Kd4 Kg8 53.Rh2 a5 54.f3  1-0

[Event "UT Dallas Spring Int 2014"]
[Site "Dallas USA"]
[Date "2014.03.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Nyzhnyk,I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Nh4 Bc8 7.Nf3 Bf5 8.Nh4 Bc8
9.e3 e5 10.Bxc4 e4 11.Qb3 Qc7 12.f3 g5 13.fxe4 gxh4 14.O-O Ng4 15.Bxf7+ Kd8
16.e5 Nd7 17.e4 Qb6 18.Bg5+ Kc7 19.Qxb6+ axb6 20.e6 Bg7 21.Bf4+ Kd8 22.Rad1 Bh6
23.exd7 Bxd7 24.h3  1-0

[Event "UT Dallas Spring Int 2014"]
[Site "Dallas USA"]
[Date "2014.03.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Margvelashvili,G"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.d4 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Bxd2+ 5.Qxd2 d5 6.g3 O-O 7.Bg2 c6 8.O-O Nbd7
9.Rc1 b6 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.Na3 Ba6 12.Ne5 Nxe5 13.dxe5 Nd7 14.f4 Rc8  1/2-1/2

[Event "UT Dallas Spring Int 2014"]
[Site "Dallas USA"]
[Date "2014.03.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Iotov,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[ECO "D38"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.e3 c5 8.Qc2 Qa5
9.Bd3 O-O 10.O-O c4 11.Bf5 Re8 12.Nd2 g6 13.Bh3 Bxc3 14.bxc3 Ne4 15.Nxe4 dxe4
16.Bxd7 Bxd7 17.Bf4 Qd5 18.a4 b6 19.Be5 Bc6 20.f3 exf3 21.gxf3 Rxe5 22.dxe5 Qxe5
23.e4 Qg5+ 24.Kh1 Rd8 25.Rad1 Rxd1 26.Qxd1 Qe3 27.a5 Qxc3 28.axb6 axb6 29.Qd8+ Kg7
30.Qxb6 Bd7 31.Kg2 h5 32.Qf2 Be6 33.Rd1 g5 34.Qd4+ Qxd4 35.Rxd4 Kf6 36.Kf2 Ke5
37.Ke3 h4 38.Rd1 f5 39.exf5 Bxf5 40.Rg1 Kf6 41.Kd4 Bd3 42.Ra1 Kf5 43.Ke3 Ke5
44.Ra5+ Kf6 45.Rc5 Bf1 46.Rc8 Bd3 47.Kd4 Ke6 48.Rg8 Kf6 49.Ke3 Kf5 50.Rf8+ Kg6
51.Rg8+ Kf5 52.Rf8+ Kg6 53.Rg8+ Kf5  1/2-1/2

[Event "UT Dallas Spring Int 2014"]
[Site "Dallas USA"]
[Date "2014.03.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Holt,C"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 b6 5.a3 Bxd2+ 6.Nxd2 Bb7 7.Qc2 c5 8.dxc5 bxc5
9.e3 O-O 10.b4 d6 11.Bb2 Nbd7 12.Bd3 Ne5 13.O-O Nxd3 14.Qxd3 Rc8 15.Rfd1 d5
16.b5 Qe7 17.cxd5 exd5 18.Rac1 Qe6 19.Qc3 Rfe8 20.h3 a6 21.a4 axb5 22.axb5 Qb6
23.Ba3 d4 24.exd4 cxd4 25.Qd3 Nd5 26.Rxc8 Rxc8 27.Nc4 Qxb5 28.Nd6 Qxd3 29.Rxd3 Nf4
30.Nxc8 Nxd3 31.Ne7+ Kh8 32.Nf5 Nf4 33.Nxd4 Nxg2 34.Bd6 h5 35.Kf1 Kh7  0-1

[Event "ch-USA 2014"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2014.05.08"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Naroditsky,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 d5 7.Nf3 dxc4 8.Qxc4 b6
9.Bg5 Ba6 10.Qc3 Nbd7 11.Ne5 Nxe5 12.dxe5 Ne4 13.Bxd8 Nxc3 14.Bh4 Nd5 15.g3 h6
16.e4 Bb7 17.exd5 Bxd5 18.Rg1 g5 19.Rc1 c5 20.Bxg5 hxg5 21.f4 f6 22.Be2 Rf7
23.Rc3 gxf4 24.gxf4+ Rg7 25.Rcg3 Rxg3 26.Rxg3+ Kf8 27.h4 fxe5 28.fxe5 Be4
29.Bf3 Bxf3 30.Rxf3+ Kg7 31.Rf6 Rh8 32.Rxe6 Rxh4 33.Kd2 Kf7 34.Rc6 Re4 35.Rc7+ Ke6
36.Rxa7 Kd5 37.Rb7 Kc6 38.Re7 Kd5 39.Rb7 Kc6 40.Re7 Kd5 41.Rd7+ Kxe5 42.Rb7 Kd4
43.Rxb6 Rh4 44.Kc2 c4 45.a4 Rh1 46.Rb5 Ra1 47.a5 Rh1 48.Rg5 Ra1 49.Rh5 Rg1
50.Rf5 Ra1 51.Rg5 Rh1 52.Rg8 Ra1 53.Ra8 Kc5 54.a6 Kb6 55.Kc3 Rc1+ 56.Kd2 Ra1
57.Kc3 Rc1+ 58.Kb4 Rc2 59.Ka3 Rh2 60.a7 Kb7 61.Rc8 Kxa7 62.Rxc4 Kb6 63.Rg4 Rh5
64.b3 Kb7 65.Rg6 Rf5 66.Ka4 Rh5 67.b4 Rf5 68.b5 Rf1 69.b6 Ra1+ 70.Kb5 Rb1+
71.Kc5 Rc1+ 72.Kd4 Rc6 73.Rxc6 Kxc6 74.b7 Kxb7  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA 2014"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2014.05.09"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Molner,M"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Nd7 6.O-O Ne7 7.Nbd2 Nc8 8.c3 Be7
9.Ne1 c5 10.g4 Bg6 11.f4 cxd4 12.cxd4 f5 13.Ng2 Qb6 14.Nb3 a5 15.a4 fxg4
16.Bxg4 O-O 17.Ne3 Be4 18.Bd2 Kh8 19.Bc3 g6 20.Nd2 Bf5 21.Bxf5 gxf5 22.Kh1 Qd8
23.Rg1 Qe8 24.Nf3 Qh5 25.Rg3 Rg8 26.Rxg8+ Kxg8 27.Qe2 Nf8 28.Rg1+ Ng6 29.Nf1 Na7
30.Qe3 Nc6 31.Ng5 Bxg5 32.Rxg5 Qd1 33.Rg1 Kf7 34.Nd2 Qh5 35.Nf3 Rg8 36.Ng5+ Ke7
37.Bd2 Nf8 38.Qa3+ Ke8 39.Qb3 h6 40.Nf3 Rxg1+ 41.Kxg1 Nd7 42.Kf2 Nxd4 43.Nxd4 Qxh2+
44.Kf3 Qh1+ 45.Kf2 Qh2+ 46.Kf3 Qh3+ 47.Kf2 Qh2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA 2014"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2014.05.10"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Onischuk,Al"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[ECO "E32"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d6 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 Nbd7 7.Nf3 b6 8.g3 Bb7
9.Bg2 c5 10.O-O Rc8 11.Rd1 d5 12.cxd5 Bxd5 13.Bf4 O-O 14.Rac1 cxd4 15.Qxd4 Rxc1
16.Bxc1 Qc7 17.Bf4 Qb7 18.Rc1 Nc5 19.Qd1 Bb3 20.Qd4 Bd5 21.Qd1 Bb3 22.Qd4 Bd5  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA 2014"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2014.05.11"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Friedel,J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "E11"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 O-O 5.a3 Be7 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 a5 8.b3 Na6
9.b4 b6 10.Bb2 axb4 11.axb4 Bb7 12.Qb3 bxc5 13.b5 Nb4 14.Be2 Rxa1+ 15.Bxa1 d5
16.O-O Qb6 17.Bc3 Rd8 18.Ra1 h6 19.h3 dxc4 20.Qxc4 Bd5 21.Qf4 Nh5 22.Qg4 Nf6
23.Qf4 Nh5 24.Qg4 Nf6 25.Qf4  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA 2014"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2014.05.12"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Gareev,T"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[ECO "D36"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.Qc2 Be7 7.e3 Nbd7 8.h3 Ne4
9.Bf4 Bd6 10.Bxd6 Nxd6 11.Bd3 Qg5 12.Nf3 Qf6 13.O-O Nb6 14.e4 dxe4 15.Nxe4 Nxe4
16.Bxe4 g6 17.Qc5 Qe7 18.Rfe1 Be6 19.Ng5 Qxc5 20.dxc5 Nd7 21.b4 O-O-O 22.Bf3 Rhe8
23.Nxh7 f6 24.Bg4 f5 25.Bf3 Bc4 26.Rxe8 Rxe8 27.a3 a5 28.Kh2 Ne5 29.bxa5 Nd3
30.Ng5 Nxf2 31.Rc1 Ba6 32.Rc3 Nd3 33.h4 Kd7 34.Nh3 Re5 35.Kg3 Nxc5 36.Kf4 Kd6
37.Ng5 Re7 38.h5 gxh5 39.Kxf5 Bd3+ 40.Kf4 Bg6 41.Kg3 Ne4+ 42.Nxe4+ Bxe4 43.Kh4 Bxf3
44.Rxf3 Rh7 45.a4 Ke5 46.g3 c5 47.Kg5 c4 48.Kg6 Rc7 49.Kxh5 c3 50.Rf1 c2
51.Rc1 Kd4 52.g4 Kc3  0-1

[Event "ch-USA 2014"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2014.05.13"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Ramirez,Alej"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[ECO "D31"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 dxc4 4.Nf3 e6 5.a4 Bb4 6.e4 Nf6 7.Qc2 c5 8.dxc5 Qa5
9.Bxc4 Qxc5 10.Bd3 Nbd7 11.O-O a6 12.Qe2 e5 13.Na2 O-O 14.Nxb4 Qxb4 15.b3 Re8
16.Ba3 Qb6 17.Rfc1 Nh5 18.g3 Nf8 19.Nh4 Nf6 20.a5 Qd8 21.Rd1 Ne6 22.Nf5 Nd4
23.Nxd4 Qxd4 24.Bb2 Qa7 25.Kg2 Bg4 26.f3 Be6 27.b4 Nd7 28.Rac1 Nf8 29.Qf2 Qxf2+
30.Kxf2 Bb3 31.Rd2 f6 32.Rc3 Bf7 33.Rc7 Rab8 34.Ke3 Ne6 35.Rd7 Nf8 36.Rc7 Ne6
37.Rd7 Nf8 38.Rd6 Rec8 39.f4 exf4+ 40.gxf4 Bc4 41.Bb1 Re8 42.f5 Re7 43.Kf4 Rbe8
44.Rg2 Kf7 45.Rd4 Bb3 46.Rg3 g5+ 47.Ke3 Nd7 48.Kd2 Ba4 49.Rd6 Rxe4 50.Bxe4 Rxe4
51.Rh3 Kg7 52.Re3 Rxe3 53.Kxe3 Kf7 54.h4 h6 55.hxg5 hxg5 56.Bd4 Ke7 57.Re6+ Kf7
58.Rd6 Ke7 59.Bc5 Nxc5 60.bxc5 Bd7 61.Rb6 Bc6 62.Kf2 Kf7 63.Kg3 Ke7 64.Kg4 Kf7
65.Rb3 Ke7 66.Re3+ Kf7 67.Rh3 Kg7 68.Rd3 Kf7 69.Rd8 Ke7 70.Rc8 Kd7 71.Rf8 Ke7
72.Rc8 Kd7 73.Rh8 Bd5 74.Rh7+ Kc6 75.Rh6 Kxc5 76.Rxf6 Kb5 77.Rd6 Ba2 78.Rb6+ Kxa5
79.Rxb7 Ka4 80.Kxg5 a5 81.Kf4 Ka3 82.Ke3 a4 83.Kd2 Bd5 84.f6 Ka2 85.Kc3  1-0

[Event "ch-USA 2014"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2014.05.14"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Robson,R"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[ECO "E09"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.Qc2 Nbd7
9.Bf4 Nh5 10.Bc1 Nhf6 11.Nbd2 b6 12.b3 Bb7 13.Bb2 Rc8 14.Rad1 c5 15.Qb1 dxc4
16.Nxc4 Be4 17.Qa1 cxd4 18.Bxd4 Qc7 19.Bh3 Rfd8 20.Rc1 Qb7 21.Ng5 Bc6 22.Qb1 Nf8
23.Rfd1 h6 24.Nf3 Bxf3 25.exf3 Qxf3 26.Ne5 Qh5 27.Rxc8 Rxc8 28.Bg2 Ng4 29.Nxg4 Qxg4
30.Be3 Bg5 31.h3 Qh5 32.Bd4 Rd8 33.g4 Qh4 34.Be5 Rxd1+ 35.Qxd1 Be7 36.Qe2 Bc5
37.Bb8 a5 38.Qf3 Qd8 39.Bf4 Ng6 40.Bg3 Qd2 41.a4 Bd6 42.Bxd6 Qxd6 43.Qc3 Nf4
44.Bf1 Qd1 45.Qc8+ Kh7 46.Qc4 g5 47.Qe4+ Kg8 48.Qe3 Kf8 49.b4 Qxa4 50.b5 Nd5
51.Qe5 Qf4 52.Qh8+ Ke7 53.Qxh6 Nc3 54.Bg2 Nd1 55.f3 Qe3+ 56.Kh1 Nc3 57.Qg7 Ne2
58.Qa1 a4 59.h4 gxh4 60.g5 Qc1+  0-1

[Event "ch-USA 2014"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2014.05.16"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Erenburg,S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[ECO "D26"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 a6 6.O-O b5 7.Bd3 Bb7 8.a4 b4
9.Qe2 c5 10.Nbd2 Be7 11.Nb3 Nbd7 12.dxc5 Nxc5 13.Nxc5 Bxc5 14.e4 h6 15.a5 O-O
16.e5 Nd7 17.Bf4 Qe7 18.Be4 Rfb8 19.Rfc1 Ba7 20.Bxb7 Rxb7 21.Rc6 Nc5 22.Qc4 Rd8
23.Be3 Nd3 24.Bxa7 Rxa7 25.b3 Rd5 26.h3 Nxe5 27.Nxe5 Rxe5 28.Rxa6 Rxa6 29.Qxa6 Qc7
30.Qb6 Qc3 31.Qd8+ Kh7 32.Qd1 Qb2 33.a6 Rf5 34.a7  1-0

[Event "ch-USA 2014"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2014.05.17"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Shankland,S"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[ECO "B12"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 c5 6.O-O Nc6 7.c3 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Nge7
9.Nxf5 Nxf5 10.Bd3 Bc5 11.Nd2 g6 12.Nf3 Nh4 13.Re1 Nxf3+ 14.Qxf3 Rc8 15.a3 Be7
16.Qg3 a6 17.Bh6 Bf8 18.Bf4 Bg7 19.h4 Bf8 20.h5 Be7 21.Rad1 Na5 22.Qg4 Nc4
23.Re2 Qb6 24.Bc1 Qc7 25.Qg3 b5 26.Bc2 Qc6 27.Rd3 Rd8 28.Rf3 g5 29.h6 d4
30.Qg4 dxc3 31.Rxc3 Qb6 32.b3 Qa5 33.Qf3 g4 34.Qc6+ Kf8 35.b4 Bxb4 36.Rxc4 bxc4
37.axb4 Qa1 38.Qc5+ Ke8 39.Re1 g3 40.fxg3 Qd4+ 41.Qxd4 Rxd4 42.Bg5 Rg8 43.Ba4+ Kf8
44.Be3  1-0

[Event "ch-USA 2014"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2014.05.18"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Kamsky,G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "A80"]

1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bf4 e6 4.e3 a6 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.Bd3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.O-O Nc6
9.Ne2 Nb4 10.a3 Nxd3 11.cxd3 Bd7 12.Rc1 Rc8 13.Qd2 O-O 14.Rxc5 Rxc5 15.Bd6 Rc8
16.Bxf8 Qxf8 17.Rc1 b6 18.Ne5 Rxc1+ 19.Qxc1 Qc8 20.Qxc8+ Bxc8 21.Nd4 a5 22.f4 Kf8
23.Kf2 Ke7 24.h3 Nd7 25.Ndf3 Nc5 26.Ke1 Bd7 27.Kd2 Be8 28.b4 axb4 29.axb4 Nb7
30.g4 fxg4 31.hxg4 Nd6 32.Nd4 h6 33.Ke2 Kf6 34.Ndf3 g5 35.fxg5+ hxg5 36.Kd2 Ba4
37.Ke2 Bb5  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA 2014"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2014.05.19"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Lenderman,A"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[ECO "A13"]

1.c4 e6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 dxc4 4.Qa4+ Nd7 5.Qxc4 Ngf6 6.Nf3 a6 7.Qc2 c5 8.Nc3 Ra7
9.O-O Be7 10.d4 b6 11.Rd1 Bb7 12.dxc5 bxc5 13.Bg5 O-O 14.e4 h6 15.Bf4 Qa8
16.Nd2 g5 17.Bc7 Rc8 18.Ba5 c4 19.Na4 Bc6 20.Nb6 Nxb6 21.Bxb6 Rd7 22.f3 g4
23.Be3 gxf3 24.Bxf3 h5 25.Rac1 Bb7 26.Nxc4 Rxd1+ 27.Rxd1 Bxe4 28.Bxe4 Qxe4
29.Qxe4 Nxe4 30.b3 Bc5 31.Bxc5 Rxc5 32.Rd8+ Kg7 33.Ra8 Rc6 34.Ra7 Nd6 35.Nxd6 Rxd6
36.Kf1 Kg6 37.Ke2 e5 38.b4 f6 39.Rc7 Kf5 40.Rc4 Ke6 41.Rh4 Rc6 42.a4 Rb6
43.Kd3 Kd5 44.Kc3 Rc6+ 45.Kb3 e4 46.Rxh5+ Kd4 47.Rc5 Re6 48.Kc2 Rb6 49.Ra5 Rxb4
50.Rxa6 f5 51.a5 Ra4 52.Rd6+ Ke5 53.Rh6 Rxa5 54.Kd2 Ra2+ 55.Ke3 Ra3+ 56.Ke2 Ra2+
57.Ke3 Ra3+ 58.Ke2 Ra2+  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA TB 2014"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2014.05.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Akobian,V"]
[Black "Kamsky,G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[ECO "D15"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 a6 5.g3 dxc4 6.Ne5 g6 7.Nxc4 Bg7 8.Bg2 Be6
9.Qd3 Nd5 10.Nxd5 Bxd5 11.Bxd5 cxd5 12.Ne5 Nd7 13.Nxd7 Qxd7 14.O-O Qb5 15.Rd1 Qxd3
16.Rxd3 Kd7 17.Bd2 Rhc8 18.Kf1 e6 19.e3 Rc2 20.Rb1 Rac8 21.Ke1 Bf8 22.Bc3 h5
23.h4 Bd6 24.Rd2 Rxd2 25.Kxd2 Ke7 26.Kd3 Kf6 27.Rg1 Ke7 28.f3 Kd7 29.Rg2 b5
30.a3 Rg8 31.Be1 Ra8 32.Bb4 Bc7 33.Bc5 Rg8 34.f4 a5 35.b3 Ra8 36.Rc2 Bd8
37.Rc1 Rc8 38.Rc2 Rc6 39.Rc1 Be7 40.b4 a4 41.e4 Rc8 42.e5 Bd8 43.Rc2 Rc6
44.Rc1 Rc8 45.Rc2 Rc6 46.Ke3 Rc8 47.Kf3 f5 48.Ke3  1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA TB Armageddon 2014"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2014.05.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lenderman,A"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[ECO "A20"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bc5 5.e3 O-O 6.a3 a6 7.Nge2 d6 8.O-O h6
9.b4 Ba7 10.Bb2 Rb8 11.d4 exd4 12.exd4 Bf5 13.c5 Qd7 14.Nf4 Rfe8 15.Rc1 Ne7
16.Re1 c6 17.Qb3 Ng6 18.Nxg6 Bxg6 19.Rxe8+ Rxe8 20.d5 dxc5 21.dxc6 bxc6 22.Na4 c4
23.Qxc4 Bxf2+ 24.Kxf2 Qd2+ 25.Kg1 Re2 26.Bxc6 Ne4 27.Bd4 Rg2+ 28.Kf1 Rf2+
29.Kg1 Rg2+ 30.Kf1 Rxh2 31.Qc2 Rh1+ 32.Bg1 Nxg3+  0-1

[Event "ch-USA TB 2014"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2014.05.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kamsky,G"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[ECO "D00"]

1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 c6 3.e3 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Bd6 6.Bg3 Nf6 7.Nbd2 O-O 8.c4 Ne4
9.Qb3 Bxg3 10.hxg3 Nd7 11.Nxe4 Bxe4 12.O-O Rb8 13.Nd2 Bg6 14.Qa3 a6 15.Rac1 Re8
16.b4 Qe7 17.Qb2 dxc4 18.Nxc4 e5 19.Rfd1 exd4 20.Rxd4 Nf6 21.Rcd1 c5 22.bxc5 Qxc5
23.Nd6 Rf8 24.Nxb7 Qa7 25.Rb4 Be4 26.Nd6 Rxb4 27.Qxb4 Bd5 28.Nf5 Re8 29.Qf4 Be6
30.Nxg7 Kxg7 31.Qg5+ Kf8 32.Qxf6 Kg8 33.Qg5+ Kf8 34.Bd3 a5 35.Bxh7 Rc8 36.Bf5 Bxf5
37.Qxf5 Qc5 38.Rd8+  1-0
